Background
He was the second son of Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet and his wife Anne Vesey, daughter of Agmondisham Vesey.
He was the second son of Sir John Bingham, 5th Baronet and his wife Anne Vesey, daughter of Agmondisham Vesey.
Bingham was appointed High Sheriff of Mayo in 1756. He was returned to the Irish House of Commons until 1776, when he was elevated to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Lucan, of Castlebar, in the County of Mayo. As his title enabled him only to take a seat in the Irish House of Lords, Bingham was not restricted from entering the British House of Commons for Northampton in 1782, representing it until two years later.
In 1795, Bingham was further ennobled as Earl of Lucan, of Castlebar, in the County of Mayo.
Richard Bingham, 2nd Earl of Lucan;
Lady Lavinia Bingham, who married the 2nd Earl Spencer;
Lady Anne Bingham.
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He was elected as Member of Parliament for both Castlebar and Mayo in 1761, and chose to sit for the latter.