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John Bingham

1615 – 1673

English politician

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Lived 1615 – 1673 (aged 57–58). John Bingham was a politician.

John Bingham (1613 – 1673) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1645 and 1659. He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.

Bingham was the son of Richard Bingham, of Bingham's Melcombe, Dorset, and his wife Jane Hopton, daughter of Sir Arthur Hopton. He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, on 9 December 1631, aged 18. He was a student of the Middle Temple in 1632.

In the Civil War, Bingham was colonel of a regiment of the parliamentary army and Bingham's Melcombe was used as the headquarters of the local parliamentary forces. He was governor of Poole, and took part in the siege of Corfe Castle. and survived Pride's Purge to serve in the Rump Parliament. He was nominated MP for Dorset in 1653 for the Barebones Parliament and elected MP for Dorset in 1654, 1656 and 1658 for the First, Second and Third Protectorate Parliaments.

He was Governor of Guernsey from 1651 to 1660.

Bingham married firstly Frances Trenchard, daughter of John Trenchard, and secondly Jane Norwood of Gloucestershire. He had no male heir and was succeeded by his nephew Richard.

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Important facts

Born
1615
Birth century
Died
1673
Occupation
Education
Brasenose College
Positions held
Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the Third Protectorate Parliament, Member of the Second Protectorate Parliament, Member of the First Protectorate Parliament

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English politician

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John Bingham died in 1673.

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John Bingham was a politician.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Bingham

· Wikidata: Q6221911

· DBpedia: John Bingham (Roundhead)

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