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BINGHAM, GEORGE CHARLES, 3RD EARL OF LUCAN (I), eldest son of Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan (I) (qv); b. 16 Apr 1800; adm. Midsummer 1812; left 1814; Ensign, 6th Foot, 29 Aug 1816; Ensign and Lieut., 3rd Foot Guards, 24 Dec 1818; half-pay, 25 Dec 1818; Lieut., 8th Foot, 20 Jan 1820; Capt., 74th Foot, 16 May 1822; 1st Life Guards, 20 Jun 1822; Maj., unattached, 23 Jun 1825; 17th Lancers 1 Dec 1825; Lieut. -Col., 9 Nov 1826; half-pay, 14 Apr 1837; Brevet Col., 23 Nov 1841; Maj. -Gen., 11 Nov 1851; Col., 8th Light Dragoons (Hussars) 17 Nov 1855 – Feb 1865; Lieut. -Gen., 24 Dec 1858; Col., 1st Life Guards, from 22 Feb 1865; Gen., 28 Aug 1865; Field-Marshal, 21 Jun 1887; attached to Russian Staff in Balkans 1828; commanded the Cavalry Division in the Crimean War; censured by Lord Raglan for the loss of the Light Brigade at Balaclava, where he was wounded, 25 Oct 1854; recalled on account of his differences with the Commander-in-Chief, 1855; MP Co. Mayo 1826-30; succ. his father as 3rd Earl of Lucan (I) 30 Jun 1839; an Irish Representative Peer from 1840, taking Conservative whip in House of Lords; Lord Lieut., Co. Mayo, from 1845; KCB 5 Jul 1855; GCB 2 Jun 1869; published his divisional orders and correspondence in the Crimea under the title English Cavalry in the Army of the East, 1856; m. 29 Jun 1829 Lady Anne Brudenell, seventh dau. of Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan; d. 10 Nov 1888. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.