Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Baronet

Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Baronet (1573 – c. 1658)[1] was an Irish politician.

Born at Milton Abbas, he was the son of Sir George Bingham, nephew of Sir Richard Bingham, and his wife Cicely Martin, daughter of Robert Martin.[2] Bingham served as captain in the Irish Army.[2] He was nominated High Sheriff of County Galway in 1607 and High Sheriff of Mayo in 1639.[3] He entered the Irish House of Commons in 1634, representing Castlebar in the next five years until he retired because of ill health.[3] On 7 June 1632, Bingham was created a baronet, of Castlebar, in the County of Mayo by King Charles I of England.[2]

By 1625, he married Catherine Byrne, daughter of John Byrne, and had by her a son and a daughter.[2] Bingham died by 1658 and was buried in Castlebar. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son George.[4]

References
  1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 16 June 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  2. "ThePeerage - Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Bt". Retrieved 17 June 2009.
  3. Cokayne, George Edward (1909). The Complete Baronetage. vol. VI. Exeter: William Pollard and Co. Ltd. p. 65.
  4. 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.
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
New creation Baronet
(of Castlebar)
1632–1658		 Succeeded by
George Bingham
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