Paternal Family Tree: Bingham
Maternal Family Tree: Margaret Smith Countess Lucan 1740-1814
Before 1762 [his father] Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 26] and [his mother] Margaret Smith Countess Lucan [aged 21] were married at Bath, Somerset [Map]. She by marriage Lady Bingham of Castlebar in County Mayo.
On 4th December 1764 Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan was born to Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 29] and Margaret Smith Countess Lucan [aged 24].
In 1776 [his father] Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 40] was created 1st Baron Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo. [his mother] Margaret Smith Countess Lucan [aged 36] by marriage Baroness Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo.
On 6th March 1781 [his brother-in-law] George John Spencer 2nd Earl Spencer [aged 22] and [his sister] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his father] Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 45] and [his mother] Margaret Smith Countess Lucan [aged 41]. He the son of John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 46] and Margaret Georgiana Poyntz Countess Spencer [aged 43].
On 31st October 1783 John Spencer 1st Earl Spencer [aged 48] died at Bath, Somerset [Map]. He was buried at St Mary the Virgin Church, Great Brington, Northamptonshire. His son [his brother-in-law] George [aged 25] succeeded 2nd Earl Spencer, 2nd Viscount Althorp, 2nd Viscount Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer Althorp. [his sister] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 21] by marriage Countess Spencer.
On 23rd April 1789 Bernard Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk [aged 23] and [his future wife] Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 19] were married. She the daughter of [his future father-in-law] Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg [aged 47] and Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg [aged 46].
In 1790 Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 25] was elected MP St Albans.
On 26th May 1794 Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 29] and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 24] were married. She the daughter of Henry Belasyse 2nd Earl Fauconberg [aged 52] and Charlotte Lamb Countess Fauconberg. He the son of Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 58] and Margaret Smith Countess Lucan [aged 54].
In 1795 [his father] Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 59] was created 1st Earl Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo. [his mother] Margaret Smith Countess Lucan [aged 55] by marriage Countess Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo.
William of Worcester's Chronicle of England
William of Worcester, born around 1415, and died around 1482 was secretary to John Fastolf, the renowned soldier of the Hundred Years War, during which time he collected documents, letters, and wrote a record of events. Following their return to England in 1440 William was witness to major events. Twice in his chronicle he uses the first person: 1. when writing about the murder of Thomas, 7th Baron Scales, in 1460, he writes '… and I saw him lying naked in the cemetery near the porch of the church of St. Mary Overie in Southwark …' and 2. describing King Edward IV's entry into London in 1461 he writes '… proclaimed that all the people themselves were to recognize and acknowledge Edward as king. I was present and heard this, and immediately went down with them into the city'. William’s Chronicle is rich in detail. It is the source of much information about the Wars of the Roses, including the term 'Diabolical Marriage' to describe the marriage of Queen Elizabeth Woodville’s brother John’s marriage to Katherine, Dowager Duchess of Norfolk, he aged twenty, she sixty-five or more, and the story about a paper crown being placed in mockery on the severed head of Richard, 3rd Duke of York.
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On 1st March 1798 [his daughter] Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss was born to Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 33] and [his wife] Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 28]. She married 22nd August 1817 Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss, son of Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March, and had issue.
On 29th March 1799 [his father] Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan [aged 63] died. His son Richard [aged 34] succeeded 2nd Earl Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo, 2nd Baron Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo, 8th Baronet Bingham of Castlebar in County Mayo. [his wife] Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 29] by marriage Countess Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo.
On 16th April 1800 [his son] George Charles Bingham 3rd Earl Lucan was born to Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 35] and [his wife] Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 30]. He married 29th June 1829 Anne Brudenell Countess Lucan, daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan, and had issue.
On 27th February 1814 [his mother] Margaret Smith Countess Lucan [aged 74] died at St James's Palace [Map].
Before 1815 [his step-son] Henry Charles Howard 13th Duke of Norfolk [aged 23] and Charlotte Sophia Leveson-Gower Duchess Norfolk [aged 26] were married. She the daughter of George Granville Leveson-Gower 1st Duke Sutherland [aged 56] and Elizabeth Sutherland Duchess Sutherland 19th Countess Sutherland [aged 49]. He the son of Bernard Howard 12th Duke of Norfolk [aged 49] and [his wife] Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 44].
On 27th March 1815 [his son-in-law] George Harcourt [aged 29] and Elizabeth Bingham were married. She the daughter of Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 50] and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 45]. He the son of Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt [aged 57] and Anne Leveson-Gower [aged 54]. They were sixth cousins.
On 16th December 1815 Charles Howard 11th Duke of Norfolk [aged 69] died. His third cousin Bernard [aged 50] succeeded 12th Duke Norfolk, 23rd or 30th Earl Arundel, 13th Earl Surrey, 10th Earl Norfolk, 20th Baron Maltravers, 20th Baron Arundel. [his wife] Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 45] by marriage Duchess Norfolk.
On 22nd August 1817 [his son-in-law] Francis Charles Charteris 9th Earl of Wemyss [aged 21] and Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss [aged 19] were married in Paris [Map]. She the daughter of Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 52] and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 47]. He the son of Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March [aged 45].
In 1819 [his wife] Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk [aged 49] died.
On 15th June 1821 [his son-in-law] Charles Nevill of Nevill Holt, Leicestershire and Georgiana Bingham were married. She the daughter of Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 56] and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk.
This is a translation of the 'Memoires of Jacques du Clercq', published in 1823 in two volumes, edited by Frederic, Baron de Reissenberg. In his introduction Reissenberg writes: 'Jacques du Clercq tells us that he was born in 1424, and that he was a licentiate in law and a counsellor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in the castellany of Douai, Lille, and Orchies. It appears that he established his residence at Arras. In 1446, he married the daughter of Baldwin de la Lacherie, a gentleman who lived in Lille. We read in the fifth book of his Memoirs that his father, also named Jacques du Clercq, had married a lady of the Le Camelin family, from Compiègne. His ancestors, always attached to the counts of Flanders, had constantly served them, whether in their councils or in their armies.' The Memoires cover a period of nineteen years beginning in in 1448, ending in in 1467. It appears that the author had intended to extend the Memoirs beyond that date; no doubt illness or death prevented him from carrying out this plan. As Reissenberg writes the 'merit of this work lies in the simplicity of its narrative, in its tone of good faith, and in a certain air of frankness which naturally wins the reader’s confidence.' Du Clercq ranges from events of national and international importance, including events of the Wars of the Roses in England, to simple, everyday local events such as marriages, robberies, murders, trials and deaths, including that of his own father in Book 5; one of his last entries.
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On 29th June 1829 George Charles Bingham 3rd Earl Lucan [aged 29] and Anne Brudenell Countess Lucan [aged 20] were married. She the daughter of Robert Brudenell 6th Earl Cardigan [aged 60] and Penelope Cooke Countess Cardigan. He the son of Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 64] and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk.
In 1831 [his sister] Lavinia Bingham Countess Spencer [aged 69] died.
On 9th September 1838 [his daughter] Elizabeth Bingham died.
On 30th June 1839 Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan [aged 74] died at Serpentine Terrace, Knightsbridge. His son George [aged 39] succeeded 3rd Earl Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo, 3rd Baron Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo, 9th Baronet Bingham of Castlebar in County Mayo. Anne Brudenell Countess Lucan [aged 30] by marriage Countess Lucan of Castlebar in Mayo.
On 28th June 1853 Francis Charteris 8th Earl of Wemyss Douglas 4th Earl March [aged 81] died. His son [his son-in-law] Francis [aged 56] succeeded 9th Earl Wemyss, 2nd Baron Wemyss of Wemyss in Fife. Louisa Bingham Countess Wemyss [aged 55] by marriage Countess Wemyss.
His obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine by Sylvanus Urban Volume XL reads as follows:
THE EARL OF WEMYSS AND MARCH June 28 At Gosford House East Lothian in his 81st year the Right Hon Francis Wemyss Charteris Wemyss sixth Earl of Wemyss and Lord Elcho and Methel 1633 Baron Wemyss of Elcho 1628 Earl of March Viscount of Peebles and Lord Niedpath, Lyne and Munard 1697 all dignities in the peerage of Scotland Baron Wemyss of Wemyss co Fife 1821 and Lord Lieutenant of Peebleshire.
He was born on the 15th April 1772 the only son of Francis Lord Elcho son and heir apparent of the fifth Earl by Miss Susan Tracy Keck one of the Maids of Honour to Queen Charlotte the second daughter of Anthony Tracy Keck esq of Great Tew co Oxford by Lady Susan Hamilton fourth daughter of James fourth Duke of Hamilton and first Duke of Brandon KG and KT.
In early life his lordship had a commission in the army and from 1793 to 1797 was aide de camp to his grand uncle Lord Adam Gordon Commander in chief of the forces in Scotland He quitted the army in 1797.
His father Lord Elcho died on the 20th June 1808 and his grandfather on the 24th August following whereupon he succeeded to the Earldom of Wemyss and its attendant titles. On the death of William fourth Duke of Queensberry [aged 83] in Dec 1810 he inherited the barony of Niedpath and the extensive property which had belonged to his Grace in the county of Peebles in pursuance of the terms of the marriage contract of the first Earl of March his Grace's grandfather. He also succeeded to the dignities of Earl of March, Viscount of Peebles and Lord Douglas of Niedpath, Lyne and Munard the patent of creation being to Lord William Douglas et heredes masculos de ejus corpore quibus deficientibus alios ejus hæredes masin culos et talliæ contentos in ejus infeofa mentis terrarum et dominii de Niedpath.
His Lordship was created a peer of the united kingdom by the title of Baron Wemyss at the Coronation of King George IV by patent dated 17th July 1821. He supported the Conservative party in parliament but took but little interest in politics.
He married May 31 1794 Margaret [aged 16] fourth daughter of Walter Campbell esq of Shawfield [aged 54] by his first wife Eleanor daughter of Robert Kerr of Newfield eldest son of Lord Charles Kerr second son of Robert first Marquess of Lothian. By that lady who died in 1850 he had issue two sons and nine daughters 1 Francis his successor 2 Lady Eleanor [aged 1] married in 1820 to Walter Frederick Campbell of Woodhall co Lanark esq eldest son of Colonel John Campbell [aged 26] by Lady Charlotte [aged 21] daughter of John fifth Duke of Argyle [aged 73] and died in 1832 3 the Hon Walter died 1818 4 Susan who died in infancy 5 Lady Margaret married in 1824 to Lieut Colonel John Wildman and died in 1825 6 Lady Katharine married in 1824 to her cousin George Harry Lord Grey of Groby who died in 1835 and she died in 1844 leaving issue the present Earl of Stamford and Warrington and Lady Margaret Milbanke 7 Lady Charlotte [aged 1] married in 1825 to Andrew Fletcher esq of Salton Castle East Lothian 8 Lady Louisa Antoinetta [aged 1] married in 1832 to William Forbes esq of Callendar co Stirling late MP for Stirlingshire 9 Lady Harriet [aged 1] married in 1829 to Sir George Grant Suttie Bart 10 Lady Jane and 11 Lady Caroline. The present Earls in 1796 married in 1817 Lady Louisa Bingham fourth daughter of Richard 2d Earl Lucan [aged 31] by whom he has issue Francis Lord Elcho four other sons and daughters.
[his daughter] Elizabeth Bingham was born to Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk. She married 27th March 1815 her sixth cousin George Harcourt, son of Archbishop Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt and Anne Leveson-Gower, and had issue.
[his daughter] Georgiana Bingham was born to Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan and Elizabeth Belasyse Duchess Norfolk. She married 15th June 1821 Charles Nevill of Nevill Holt, Leicestershire and had issue.
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Bingham 
Great x 3 Grandfather: Henry Bingham 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Bingham 2nd Baronet
Great x 1 Grandfather: George Bingham 4th Baronet
Great x 4 Grandfather: Hugh Myddelton 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandfather: William Myddelton 2nd Baronet
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Olmstead
Great x 2 Grandmother: Rebecca Myddelton
Great x 4 Grandfather: Thomas Harries aka Harris 1st Baronet
Great x 3 Grandmother: Eleanor Harries aka Harris
Great x 4 Grandmother: Eleanor Gifford
Grandfather: John Bingham 5th Baronet
father: Charles Bingham 1st Earl Lucan
Great x 4 Grandfather: William Vesey
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rector Thomas Vesey
Great x 2 Grandfather: Archbishop John Vesey
Great x 1 Grandfather: Agmondisham Vesey
Great x 3 Grandfather: Colonel Agmondisham Muschamp
Great x 2 Grandmother: Anne Muschamp
Grandmother: Anne Vesey Lady Bingham
Richard Bingham 2nd Earl Lucan
Grandfather: James Smith of Canon's Leigh in Devon
mother: Margaret Smith Countess Lucan