BINGHAM, RICHARD, eldest son of Richard Bingham, barrister, Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset, and Martha, dau. of William Batt, Salisbury; nephew of John Bingham (qv); b. 12 Sep 1741; adm.; in school list 1754; KS (aged 14) 1756; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1759, but never adm.; of Bingham’s Melcombe, Dorset; High Sheriff, Dorset 1777; Col., Dorset Militia; m. 1st, 2 Apr 1766 Sophia, dau. of Charles Halsey, Great Gaddesden, Herts.; m. 2nd, 26 Oct 1775 Elizabeth, dau. of John Ridout, Dean’s Lease, Dorset; d. 27 Apr 1824.
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- https://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/college-1