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BINGHAM, SIR GEORGE RIDOUT, eldest son of Richard Bingham (KS 1756, qv), and his second wife; b. 21 Jul 1777; at school under Vincent (Steward, Anniversary Dinner 1824); Ensign, 69th Foot, 3 Jun 1793; Lieut., 21 Apr 1795; Capt., 81st Foot, 20 Jan 1796; Maj., 82nd Foot, 22 Jan 1801; Lieut. -Col., 53rd Foot, 14 Mar 1805; Col. in the Army 4 Jun 1813; Maj. -Gen., 12 Aug 1819; Col. cmdt., 2nd bn. Rifle Brigade, 18 Jun 1831; served in Kaffir War 1800, Peninsular War 1809-14; second in command under Sir Hudson Lowe at St. Helena 1815-9, with temp. rank of Brig. -Gen.; commanded Cork District 1827-32; KCB 2 Jan 1815; m. Sep 1814 Emma Septima, youngest dau. of Edmund Morton Pleydell, Whatcombe House, Dorset; d. 3 Jan 1833. 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.