About Charles Bindley
Lived 1796 – 1859 (aged 62–63). Charles Bindley was a British writer and journalist.
Charles Bindley (1795/6–1859) was a British sporting writer, who concentrated on horses and field sports, particularly hunting and stable management. He became known under his pseudonym, Harry Hieover.
Life On his own account, Bindley's background included a fox-hunting father, service in Ireland, and sojourns mainly in Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. He wrote for a number of major sporting periodicals. In November 1858, in poor health, he left London for Brighton, where he was the guest of his friend Sir Thomas Barrett-Lennard, 2nd Baronet. He died there on 10 February 1859, aged 63.
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Who was Charles Bindley?
English writer on field sports and horses
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Charles Bindley was born in 1796.
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Charles Bindley was a writer and journalist.
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