Earl of Lucan

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Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan

Earl of Lucan is a hereditary British title of nobility awarded twice in the Peerage of Ireland and named after the city of Lucan in what is now County South Dublin in Ireland.

Historic family residences of the Earls were Castlebar House near Gorteendrunagh in County Mayo and Laleham House near Spelthorne in Surrey .

Awards and subordinate titles

The title was first bestowed in 1691 by King James II , who had been dethroned since the Glorious Revolution in 1688, to Patrick Sarsfield , an Irish general in the Jacobite army. It went out in 1718 when his son died in exile without a title heir.

Coat of arms of the Earls of Lucan (second award)

The second bestowal was on October 1, 1795, to Charles Bingham, 1st Baron Lucan , the great-nephew of Sarsfield. However, since it is controversial whether Jacob II was still able to effectively award titles at the time, this award is sometimes also regarded as the first. He had inherited the title 7th Baronet Bingham, of Castlebar in the County of Mayo from his father in 1750 , which was created on June 7, 1634 in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia for his ancestor Sir Henry Bingham and was on July 24 In 1776 he was raised to Baron Lucan , of Castlebar in the County of Mayo in the Peerage of Ireland . Both titles have since been listed as subordinate titles to the earl, with the earl's eldest son carrying the courtesy title of Lord Bingham . The 5th Earl was also raised to Baron Bingham , of Melcombe Bingham in the County of Dorset on June 26, 1934 in the Peerage of the United Kingdom . In contrast to the Irish titles, this barony was linked to a hereditary seat in the House of Lords until 1999 .

Successor to the 7th Earl of Lucan

1974 disappeared the then bearer of the title Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan , who is said to have murdered the nanny of his children. Until he was declared dead , his son could not inherit the title.

In 1999, the Lord Chancellor rejected a request from the son to declare his father dead and take the seat in the House of Lords. In the following years, the Earl was declared dead by the High Court of Justice , but the death certificate required for the succession was not issued. This only happened on February 3, 2016.

List of the Earls of Lucan

Earls of Lucan, first (Jacobite) bestowal (1691)

Earls of Lucan, second bestowal (1795)

Presumed title heir ( Heir Presumptive ) is the uncle of the current title holder, the Hon. Hugh Bingham (* 1939).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mysterious murder affair: The missing Lord declared dead after 41 years on: Spiegel Online from February 3, 2016, accessed on February 3, 2016

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