John George Barry Bingham, 5th Baron Clanmorris Doctor of Laws, Justice of the Peace, was an Irish peer.
Background
Bingham was the son of John Bingham, 4th Baron Clanmorris, by Sarah Selina, daughter of Burton Persse. His mother and grandmother were members of the Persse family, making him a cousin of Augusta, Lady Gregory. In 1827, aged 23, he succeeded his father in the barony.
Career
This was an Irish peerage and did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords. Lord Clanmorris was an aide-de-camp to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland between 1876 and 1878 and served as a Deputy Lieutenant of County Mayo and as a Justice of the Peace for County Down and County Galway. Lord Clanmorris lived mainly at Cregclare, Ardrahan, County Galway, though with addresses in Dublin, London and County Mayo.
His Galway seats were Cregclare and Seamount.
He owned over three thousand acres (12 km²) in Galway alone, and had paid nineteen thousand for a section of the Lambert family property. Lord Clanmorris died at Bangor Castle, County Down, in November 1916, aged 64.
Their third son the Honourable Edward Bingham was a Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy. Lady Clanmorris died at Bangor Castle in February 1941, aged 82.
Eason was later Vice Chancellor of the University of London.
Membership
At the age of twenty-six he was registered a member of eight clubs across the United Kingdom, including gentleman"s and yacht clubs.