Denis Arthur Bingham (6 November 1829 – 8 July 1897) was an Irish first-class cricketer and military historian.
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| Full name | Denis Arthur Bingham | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 November 1829 near Ballyglass, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 July 1897 (aged 67) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 August 2019 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Denis Arthur Bingham, 3rd Baron Clanmorris and his wife, Maria Helena Persse, he was born at the Newbrook Estate near Ballyglass in County Mayo in November 1829.[1] He was educated in England at Rugby School.[2] Bingham made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1853.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Gentlemen of England first-innings for a single run by John Parker, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for the same score.[4] He married Eugenie Colette Gabriele de Lacretelle, of Burgundy, in November 1864.[1] He later moved to Paris, where he wrote a number of books on French military history, ranging from the French Revolution to a first-hand account of the Siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.[5] He later moved to England, where he died at Cheltenham in July 1897.
References edit
- ^ a b "Denis Arthur Bingham". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Player profile: Denis Bingham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Denis Bingham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club v Gentlemen of England, 1853". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Bingham, D. (Denis) 1829-1897". WorldCat. Retrieved 13 August 2019.