Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet

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Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet (1654 – 5 July 1714)[1] was an Irish politician and baronet.

He was the eldest son Sir George Bingham, 2nd Baronet and his first wife, Anne Partiger.[2] In 1682, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] Bingham was educated at the Middle Temple.[citation needed] From 1682 he was Custos Rotulorum of Mayo.[citation needed] In 1692, Bingham entered the Irish House of Commons for County Mayo, representing the constituency until his death in 1714.[3] He was High Sheriff of Mayo in 1684 and again in 1694.[citation needed]

On 4 September 1677, he married firstly Jane Cuffe, daughter of Sir James Cuffe, he married secondly Lettice Hart née Vesey widow of Merrick Hart.[citation needed] He died childless and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger half-brother George.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 16 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ a b Burke, John (1832). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. Vol. II (4th ed.). London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley. p. 110.
  3. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Irish House of Commons 1692-1800". Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 14 June 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Member of Parliament for County Mayo
1692–1714
With: Francis Cuffe 1692–1694
John Bingham 1694–1707
Henry Bingham 1707–1714
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by Baronet
(of Castlebar)
1682–1714
Succeeded by
George Bingham