Francis Richard Bingham

Sir Francis Bingham
Born	5 July 1863
Died	5 November 1935 (1935-11-06) (aged 72)
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Years of service	1883-1929
Rank	Major-General
Battles/wars	World War I
Awards	Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
Spouse(s)	Kathleen Clarke (m. 1896-1935; his death); 1 child

Major-General Honourable 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

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] 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, he was attached to the Egyptian Army in 1893.^[2][3]

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.^[4] In 1911 he became Chief Instructor at the School of Gunnery.^[2] He served in World War I as Deputy Director of Artillery at the War Office and than as a Member of Ministry of Munitions Council.^[2] 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.^[2] He became Lieutenant Governor of Jersey in 1924 and retired 1929.^[2]

In retirement he became a Justice of the Peace in Buckinghamshire.^[1]

Family

In 1896 he married Kathleen Clarke; the couple had one child. Kathleen, Lady Bingham, died on 18 September 1963.^[1]

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