George Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan
George Charles Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan | |
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| Born | September 21, 1967 United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Hereditary peer |
| Known for | 8th Earl of Lucan |
George Charles Bingham, 8th Earl of Lucan (born 21 September 1967), known as Lord Bingham until 2016, is a British hereditary peer.
Background and early life
Born on 21 September 1967, George Charles Bingham, the 8th Earl of Lucan, is the sole son of Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan and Veronica Mary Duncan.[1]
He descends as the great-great-great-grandson of Field Marshal George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, who famously commanded the cavalry division during the Crimean War, including the notorious Charge of the Light Brigade. The Bingham family represents a long-established Anglo-Irish aristocratic lineage.[1]
Lucan received his education at Eton College followed by Trinity Hall, Cambridge. On 14 January 2016, he wed Anne-Sofie Foghsgaard (born 1977), daughter of Danish industrialist Lars Foghsgaard, in a ceremony held at St George's, Hanover Square, London.[1] Together they have two children: Lady Daphne (born 2017) and Lord Bingham (Charles Lars John) (born 2020).[1] Lady Lucan pursues a career in fashion design.[2]
He has two sisters: Lady Frances Bingham (born 1964) and Lady Camilla Bloch KC (born 1970), who married barrister Michael Bloch KC in 1998.[1]
His father, the 7th Earl, vanished in November 1974 following the murder of the family nanny, Sandra Rivett. Both the 8th Earl and Lady Camilla have publicly expressed doubts regarding their father's alleged involvement in the incident.[3]
Succession
During the 1990s, trustees obtained authorization from the Probate Registry to declare the 7th Earl legally dead for estate purposes in 1999, despite no official death certificate being issued. In 1998, Lord Bingham sought to have his father declared deceased for matters relating to the House of Lords, supported by family declarations and Metropolitan Police evidence. However, Lord Irvine of Lairg, then Lord Chancellor, refused to issue a writ of summons without a death certificate.
After the Presumption of Death Act 2013 was enacted in October 2014, Bingham applied to the General Register Office (GRO) to obtain his father’s death certificate—a process requiring approval from the High Court. On 3 February 2016, a judge granted permission for the GRO to issue the certificate, allowing Bingham to succeed to his titles.
Lucan formally petitioned the House of Lords to acknowledge his succession on 23 May 2016. The House ratified his claim on 7 June and registered him as a hereditary peer under his subsidiary title Baron Bingham within the Peerage of the United Kingdom. As of March 2018, he had not taken part in any internal Lords by-elections to fill hereditary representative peer vacancies.
References
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named:0 - ↑ "Country couture meets city slick in the Countess of Lucan's latest lookbook". Tatler. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ↑ "Murdered nanny's son claims Lord Lucan was alive in 2002". The Independent. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 24 November 2016.