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Bingham, Richard, 1768-1829
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1768-1829
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BINGHAM, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bingham (KS 1756, qv), and his first wife; b. 1768; adm. 14 Feb 1780; KS 1781; the hero of “Bingham’s Leap” in Tothill Fields; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1786, matr. 14 Jun 1786, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1786 - 13 Nov 1788 (deprived, probably for absence); Ensign, 17th Foot, 5 Oct 1787; Lieut., 21 Jul 1790; Capt., 102nd Foot, 31 Oct 1793; Maj., 26 Nov 1794; Lieut. -Col., 16 Sep 1795; 9th Foot, 25 Nov 1799; 3rd Foot, 9 Jul 1803; Col. in the Army, 25 Sep 1803; Brig. -Gen., 25 Jul 1804 - 24 Jun 1806; Maj. -Gen., 25 Jul 1810; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1814; served in the Helder expedition 1799; m. 26 May 1792 Priscilla, dau. of Paul Carden, Cashel, Ireland; d. 18 Nov 1829.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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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.