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BINGHAM.
of the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bingham, and of Rear-Admiral Donald Campbell, R.N.; and cousin of Commander P. D. Bingham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 30 Dec. 1813, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Rosamond 28, commanded by his uncle, Capt. Donald Campbell, whom he accompanied with convoy to Hudson’s Bay. He afterwards joined in succession – the Leven 22, Capt. Buckland Stirling Bluett, employed in 1815 in co-operating with the Royalists in La Vendée – the Rivoli 74, Capts. Sir Chas. Ogle and Aiskew Paffard Hollis, guard-ship at Portsmouth, in which he attained the rating of Midshipman – the Carron 20, Capt. John Furneaux, under whom, as Master’s Mate, he was wrecked, in the Bay of Bengal, on the night of 5 July, 1820, and, with others, cast senseless on the beach – the Queen Charlotte 104, flag-ship of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed at Portsmouth, where he passed his examination 1 Aug. 1821 – the Seringapatam 44, Capt. Chas. Sotheby, in the boats of which frigate we find him, as Mate, repeatedly employed in the suppression of piracy in the Grecian Archipelago – and the Warspite 76, fitting at Portsmouth, towards the close of 1825, for the flag of his uncle, Rear-Admiral Bingham, whose premature death, when on the point of sailing, proved in a great measure detrimental to his prospects. On 3 Jan. 1826, however, Mr. Bingham was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, and on 18 Nov. 1828, was appointed to the Hyperion 42, Capt. Wm. Jas. Mingaye, lying in Newhaven harbour for the purposes of the extended Coast Blockade. In that ship he continued until 24 March, 1831, and experienced during the period much arduous boat-service. From 8 May, 1833, until 17 June, 1836, he next served as Senior of the Larne 18, Capt. Wm. Sidney Smith, on the West India station, where he appears to have been very actively employed, the latter part of the time, in protecting the British mercantile interests on the coasts of New Granada and Venezuela, then in a state of insurrection. The Larne was also present throughout the siege of Puerto Caballo by Gen. Paez. On 16 Feb. 1837, Mr. Bingham joined the Princess Charlotte 104, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Robt. Stopford, and for his services, as First Lieutenant of that ship, during the operations on the coast of Syria, particularly at the capture of St. Jean d’Acre, was advanced to the rank of Commander 4 Nov. 1840; and appointed, 15 Dec. following, her Second Captain. He was paid off 30 July, 1841, but was soon afterwards, on 28 of the next month, selected to act in the latter capacity on board the Formidable 84, Capts. Sir Edw. Thos. Troubridge and Sir Chas. Sullivan, likewise in the Mediterranean. Under the latter officer, in March, 1814, Commander Bingham witnessed the settlement of the Greek Constitution at Athens. He was turned over, on 23 April ensuing, with the rest of the officers of the Formidable, to the Queen 110, and in July of the same year was paid off. He has been employed, since 23 Dec. 1845, as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard.
Commander Bingham was presented with the Gold Cross of the order of the Saviour of Greece, but existing regulations prevented his acceptance of it. Agent – Frederick Dufaur.
BINGHAM. (Retired Commander, 1839. f-p., 16; h-p., 33.)
John Bingham, born 18 March, 1785, is second son of the late Rich. Bingham, Esq., of Alelcombe Bingham, co. Dorset, Colonel of Militia, by Elizabeth, only daughter and heiress of John Rideout, Esq., of Dean’s Lease, in the same shire; younger brother of the late Major-Gen. Sir Geo. Rideout Bingham, K.C.B., K.T.S., Colonel of the Rifle Corps; and first cousin of Capt. Arth. Batt Bingham, R.N., who was drowned in 1830.
This officer entered the Navy, 22 Sept. 1798, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board La Minerve 42, commanded by the present Sir Geo. Cockburn, in which frigate he proceeded with convoy to the Mediterranean; where, on joining, as Midshipman, the Minotaur 74, Capt. Thos. Louis, he witnessed, in the Bay of Naples, the proceedings which led to the unfortunate execution of Prince Caraccioli. While in the same ship, under the flag of Lord Keith, he assisted at the siege of Genoa in 1800, and was employed, during the expedition of 1801 to Egypt, in landing part of the 42nd Highlanders in Aboukir Bay. In 1803, after conveying Lord Nelson from off Brest to the Mediterranean, in the Amphion 32, Capt. Thos. Masterman Hardy, he became attached with his Lordship to the Victory 100. He appears to have been next employed in the Agincourt 64, Capt. Thos. Briggs, and in the Ambuscade 32, and Canopus 80, flag-ships of Rear-Admiral Thos. Louis, under whom he accompanied Lord Nelson to the West Indies and back, in pursuit of the combined squadrons of France and Spain, in the summer of 1805, and then aided in the blockade of Cadiz. After acting for three months as Lieutenant of the Prince 98, Capt. Rich. Grindall, Mr. Bingham obtained a commission, dated 5 Feb. 1806, and about the same period was appointed to the Endymion 40, Capts. Edw. Dumford King and Hon. Thos. Bladen Capel. In Feb. 1807, he assisted at the passage of the Dardanells, and, during the period the squadron lay off Constantinople, was employed in carrying nearly all the flags of truce. While reconnoitring in a boat off the island of Cephalonia, in the following September, he had the misfortune to be taken by some French privateers, and sent to France, where he was detained, the greater part of the time at Verdun, until the abdication of Buonaparte. Unable to procure further employment, he at length accepted the rank he now holds, 9 April, 1839.
He married, 22 Dec. 1824, Frances Eleanora, daughter of the Rev. Wm. Woollcombe, M.A., Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral, by Anne, sister of his old commander, Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Louis, Bart., and aunt of the present Rear-Admiral Sir John Louis, Bart. He has issue two sons and a daughter.
BINGHAM. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 24; h-p., 3.)
John Elliot Bingham is fourth son of the Rev. Rich. Bingham; and younger brother of Commander H. H. Bingham, R.N.
This officer entered the Navy, 23 Sept. 1820, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Esk 20, Capts. Edw. Lloyd and Arth. Lee Warner, on the West India station; became Midshipman, in 1823-4, of the Queen Charlotte 104, and Victory 104, flagships at Portsmouth of Admirals Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed and Sir Geo. Martin – next, of the Herald yacht, Capt. Sir Hen. John Leeke, engaged on Particular Service – and ultimately of the Warspite 78, and Boadicea 46, bearing the flag in the East Indies of Rear-Admiral Wm. Hall Gage; and on 23 Sept. 1826, passed his examination. He subsequently, for three years, commanded the Cochin flag-tender; and during that period was much employed in suppressing piracy in the Straits of Malacca. He returned home in 1831, as Acting-Lieutenant of the Success 28, Capt. Wm. Clarke Jervoise; and, after a further servitude, as Mate, in the Victory, Capt. Hyde Parker, and Excellent gunnery-ship, Capt. Thos. Hastings, was presented with a commission, dated 28 July, 1832, and appointed, 20 Oct. following, to the Southampton 50, Capt. John Milligan Laws, on the North Sea station. On 11 May, 1833, he joined the Donegal 72, in which ship (after bringing Don Carlos to England) and in the Hastings 74, bearing each the flag of Sir W. H. Gage, he continued to serve off Lisbon, including the latter part of Don Miguel’s ascendancy, for nearly five years. On the occasion of the wreck of the Portuguese corvette Portuense near the mouth of the Tagus, he had charge of the boats which saved the crew. The Hastings returned home, and was paid off in Jan. 1838. On 25
