Simon Bingham, 8th Baron Clanmorris

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Simon John Ward Bingham, 8th Baron Clanmorris (born 25 October 1937), is an Irish peer. [1]

Bingham is the son of John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris, and his wife Madeleine (née Ebel). He was educated at Downside School near Bath, Somerset, before completing National Service as 2nd Lieutenant in 1957–1958. In 1961 he graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge, earning a Bachelor of Arts and later becoming a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants. [2] [3]

In 1971, he married Gizella Maria Zverkó, daughter of Zandor Zverkó. The two had their only child, Lucy Katherine Gizella Bingham, in 1974. As he has no male heir, the heir presumptive is his second cousin Robert Derek de Burgh Bingham. [4]

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References

  1. "Simon John Ward Bingham, 8th Baron Clanmorris - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. "Clanmorris, Baron (I, 1800)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. "Person Page". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. Jago, Michael (14 February 2013). The Man Who Was George Smiley: The Life of John Bingham. Biteback Publishing. ISBN   978-1-84954-557-0.
Peerage of Ireland
Preceded by Baron Clanmorris
1988–present
Incumbent
Heir presumptive:
Robert Bingham