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George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan

1800 - 1888

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George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, (16 April 1800 – 10 November 1888), styled Lord Bingham before 1839, was an Anglo-Irish peer and military officer. He was one of three men, along with Louis Nolan and Lord Raglan, responsible for the fateful order during the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 that led to the Light Brigade commander, the Earl of Cardigan, leading the Charge of the Light Brigade. He was subsequently promoted to field marshal. He was a ruthless landlord during the Great Famine in Ireland, evicting thousands of his tenants and renting his land to wealthy ranchers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan is the 1,853rd most popular military personnel (up from 1,931st in 2019), the 4,280th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,800th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular British Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan ranks 1,853 out of 2,058. Before him are Mindarus, Billy Bishop, Jonathan M. Wainwright, John Eisenhower, James Wilkinson, and Afanasy Beloborodov. After him are Hemedti, Richard Marcinko, Richard S. Ewell, George Crook, A. P. Hill, and Miles Dempsey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan ranks 79. Before him are Said bin Ahmad, Rómulo Díaz de la Vega, Sir William Jardine, 7th Baronet, Zinovios Valvis, George Bancroft, and Kolyu Ficheto. After him are Juan Francisco de Vidal, Caleb Cushing, Peter the Aleut, Edward Bouverie Pusey, and Henry Hutchinson. Among people deceased in 1888, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan ranks 78. Before him are Alessandro Antonelli, Amos Bronson Alcott, Arsène Darmesteter, Henry James Sumner Maine, Yuriy Fedkovych, and Jan van Beers. After him are Kanō Hōgai, Morrison Waite, Richard A. Proctor, and Roscoe Conkling.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan ranks 4,281 out of 8,785. Before him are Tommy Green (1894), Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon (1866), Russell Brand (1975), Acker Bilk (1929), Bill Paterson (1945), and Edgar Wright (1974). After him are Anita Roddick (1942), Peter Molyneux (1959), Emily Mortimer (1971), Richard Burns (1971), Ireen Sheer (1949), and Jill Evans (1959).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In United Kingdom

Among military personnels born in United Kingdom, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan ranks 103. Before him are Lawrence Oates (1880), Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth (1757), Andy Green (1962), John Byng (1704), Eddie Chapman (1914), and Christopher Cradock (1862). After him are Miles Dempsey (1896), Boston Corbett (1832), Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer (1857), Henry FitzRoy, 1st Duke of Grafton (1663), John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton (1896), and Oliver Leese (1894).

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