Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet explained

Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet (1690 – 21 September 1749)[1] was an Irish politician.

He was the eldest son of Sir George Bingham, 4th Baronet, and his first wife Mary Scott.[2] Bingham was educated at the Middle Temple.[3] He was appointed High Sheriff of Mayo in 1721[3] and was Governor of County Mayo.[4] In 1727, he entered the Irish House of Commons for County Mayo, the same constituency his father had represented before, and sat for it until his death in 1749.[5] In 1730, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1]

By 1730, he married Anne Vesey, daughter of Agmondisham Vesey[3] and had five daughters and three sons.[2] Bingham died in 1749 and was buried at Castlebar.[3] He was succeeded in the baronetcy successively by his sons John and Charles.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Baronetage . https://web.archive.org/web/20080501224758/http://www.leighrayment.com/baronetage/baronetsB3.htm . 1 May 2008 . usurped . 17 June 2009 .
  2. Book: Lodge, John . Mervyn Archdall . The Peerage of Ireland or A Genealogical History of the Present Nobility of that Kingdom . VII . Dublin . James Moore . 1789 . 107 .
  3. Web site: ThePeerage - Sir John Bingham, 5th Bt . 17 June 2009 .
  4. Book: Burke, John . A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley . London . II . 4th . 1832 . 110 .
  5. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022535/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/irelandcommons.htm . 7 June 2008 . usurped . 17 June 2009 .

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