Francis Bingham
Sir Francis Bingham | |
|---|---|
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| Born | 5 July 1863 |
| Died | 5 November 1935 (aged 72) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
Branch |  British Army |
Service years | 1883–1929 |
Rank | Major-General |
Conflicts | World War I |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George |
| Spouses |
Kathleen Clarke (m. 1896) |
| Relations | Sir Cecil Bingham (brother) |
Major-General Sir Francis Richard Bingham, KCB, KCMG, JP (5 July 1863 – 5 November 1935) was a British Army officer who became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.
Military career
[edit]Bingham was a younger son of Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan (1830–1914) by his wife Lady Cecilia Catherine Gordon-Lennox (1838–1919), daughter of the 5th Duke of Richmond.[1] He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a lieutenant on 28 July 1883,[2][3] and was appointed Aide-de-camp to the General Officer Commanding 3rd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot in 1889. Promoted to captain on 15 August 1892,[4] he was attached to the Egyptian Army in 1893.[3][5]
He became aide-de-camp to the commander-in-chief, Madras, later that year, and then Adjutant of the Prince of Wales Own Norfolk Artillery in 1899, with the rank of major on 13 February 1900.[6] In 1911 he became Chief Instructor at the School of Gunnery.[3]
He served in World War I as deputy director of Artillery at the War Office and then as a Member of Ministry of Munitions Council.[3] He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in June 1915.[7]
After the War he became Chief of the British Section and President of Sub-Commission for Armaments and Material for the Military Inter-Allied Commission of Control in Germany.[3] He became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1924 and retired 1929.[3] He was awarded a gold watch and cheque in appreciation of his service.[8]
In retirement he became a justice of the peace in Buckinghamshire.[1]
Personal life
[edit]In 1896 he married Kathleen Clarke; the couple had one child. Kathleen, Lady Bingham, died on 18 September 1963.[1] Bingham was chairman of Our Dumb Friends' League.[9] He resigned in 1930.[9] He opened a dog cemetery in Jersey.[10]
He died in a London nursing home in 1935, aged 72.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 The Peerage.com
- ↑ "No. 25258". The London Gazette. 10 August 1883. p. 3965.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
- ↑ "No. 26325". The London Gazette. 13 September 1892. p. 5213.
- ↑ Hart′s Army list, 1901
- ↑ "No. 27170". The London Gazette. 2 March 1900. p. 1433.
- ↑ "No. 29180". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 1915. p. 5326.
- ↑ "Jersey's Gifts to Sir Francis and Lady Bingham". Gloucester Journal. 25 May 1929. p. 5.
- 1 2 "Without A Leader: Predicament of Our Dumb Friends' League". The Shields Daily News. 29 July 1930. p. 3.
- ↑ "Dog Cemeteries". The Edinburgh Evening News. 24 September 1928. p. 4.
- ↑ "Sir Francis Bingham". Western Mail & South Wales News. 6 November 1935. p. 6.
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