Bingham (surname) explained
Bingham is a surname of English origin, ultimately deriving from the toponym of Melcombe Bingham in Dorset.The name was taken to Ireland in the 16th century, by Richard Bingham, a native of Dorset who was appointed governor of Connaught in 1584. There is another Bingham in Nottinghamshire.[1]
People surnamed Bingham include:
British
Peerage:
- Bingham Baronets, of Castlebar (created 1634)
- Earls of Lucan (second creation (1795)
- Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan (1735–1799)
- Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (1764–1839)
- George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan (1800–1888)
- Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan (1830–1914)
- George Bingham, 5th Earl of Lucan (1860–1949)
- George Bingham, 6th Earl of Lucan (1898–1964)
- Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (b. 1934, missing since 1974, presumed dead – death certificate issued 2016) the infamous "Lord Lucan" who disappeared after murdering his nanny when intending to murder his wife
- George Charles Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan (born 1967)
- Baron Clanmorris (created 1800)
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Writers
American
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Pioneers:
- Erastus Bingham, Latter Day Saint Pioneer, wagon train leader, founder of Bingham's Fort, early settler of Ogden, Utah, first LDS bishop of Ogden.
Politicians:
- E. Volney Bingham (1844–1922), Indiana state legislator
- Henry H. Bingham, United States Civil War Hero and Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Hiram Bingham IV, US Vice Consul in Marseille, France, during World War II, who rescued Jews from the Holocaust
- James Bingham, Indiana Attorney General
- James M. Bingham, Wisconsin state legislator
- John Bingham, U.S. Representative from Ohio during the Reconstruction
- Jonathan Brewster Bingham, U.S. Representative from New York
- Kinsley S. Bingham, U.S. Representative, U.S. Senator, and Governor of Michigan
- Stan Bingham, North Carolina state legislator
- William Bingham, Senator in the early USA
- William Bingham (Pittsburgh), Mayor of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1856 to 1857.
Publishers:
- Barry Bingham Sr., owner and publisher of Pulitzer Prize–winning Courier-Journal newspaper of Louisville, Kentucky
- Barry Bingham Jr., editor and publisher of Pulitzer Prize–winning Courier-Journal newspaper of Louisville, Kentucky
- Henrietta Bingham, American journalist and horse breeder associated with Bloomsbury Group
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Others
- Max Bingham, Australian politician in the Tasmanian House of Assembly
- Mark Bingham, a leader of the attempted passenger revolt against hijackers aboard United Airlines Flight 93
- Tyler Bingham, US-American Criminal
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Last name: Bingham . SurnameDB . 16 September 2020.