Sir Henry Bingham, 3rd Baronet

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. From 1682 he was Custos Rotulorum of Mayo. In 1692, Bingham entered the Irish House of Commons for Mayo, representing the constituency until his death in 1714.[3] He was High Sheriff of Mayo in 1684 and again in 1694.

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. He died childless and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger halfbrother George.[2]

References

  1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 16 June 2009.
  2. 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". Retrieved 14 June 2009.
Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by
Patriot Parliament
Member of Parliament for Mayo
1692–1714
With: Francis Cuffe 1692–1694
John Bingham 1694–1707
Henry Bingham 1707–1714
Succeeded by
Sir Arthur Gore, 2nd Bt
Francis Cuffe
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
George Bingham
Baronet
(of Castlebar)
1682–1714
Succeeded by
George Bingham


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