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     Charles Bingham, 1st Earl of Lucan was born on 22 September 1735.² He was the son of Sir John Bingham, 5th Bt. and Anne Vesey.² He married Margaret Smith, daughter of Sir James Smith and Grace Dyke, on 25 August 1760 at Bath, Somerset, England^G.² He died on 29 March 1799 at age 63 at London, England^G.
     He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Bingham, of Castlebar, co. Mayo [N.S., 1634] on 10 October 1752.² He held the office of High Sheriff of County Mayo in 1756.³ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for County Mayo [Ireland] between 1761 and 1776.² He was created 1st Baron Lucan of Castlebar, co. Mayo [Ireland] on 24 July 1776.² He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Northampton between 1782 and 1784.³ He was created 1st Earl of Lucan [Ireland] on 1 October 1795.¹

     Georgiana Elizabeth Poyntz was born on 27 March 1799.¹ She was the daughter of William Stephen Poyntz and Hon. Elizabeth Mary Browne.¹ She married Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer, son of George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer and Lady Lavinia Bingham, on 23 February 1830 at St. George's Street, Mayfair, London, England^G.¹ She died on 10 April 1851 at age 52 at St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, England^G.¹
     From 23 February 1830, her married name became Spencer. After her marriage, Georgiana Elizabeth Poyntz was styled as Countess Spencer on 1 October 1845.

     John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer was born on 27 October 1835 at Spencer House, St. James's Place, St. James's, London, England^G.¹ He was the son of Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer and Georgiana Elizabeth Poyntz.² He married Charlotte Frances Frederica Seymour, daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Augusta Hervey, on 8 July 1858 at St. James's, London, England^G.¹ He died on 13 August 1910 at age 74 at Althorp, Brington, Northamptonshire, England^G, from cerebral seizure, without issue.¹ He was buried on 18 August 1910 at Brington, Northamptonshire, England^G.¹
     He was styled as Viscount Spencer of Althorp between 1845 and 1857.¹ He was educated from 1848 to 1854 at Harrow School, Harrow, London, England^G.¹ He was educated from 1854 to 1857 at Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹ He graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, in 1857 with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) (Liberal) for South Northamptonshire between April 1857 and December 1857.³ He succeeded as the 5th Viscount Althorp [G.B., 1765] on 27 December 1857.² He succeeded as the 5th Viscount Spencer of Althorp [G.B., 1761] on 27 December 1857.² He succeeded as the 5th Baron Spencer of Althorp [G.B., 1761] on 27 December 1857. He succeeded as the 5th Earl Spencer [G.B., 1765] on 27 December 1857.¹ He held the office of Groom of the Stole to the Prince Consort from 1859 to 1861.¹ He was appointed Privy Counsellor (P.C.) on 6 July 1859.¹ He held the office of Groom of the Stole to HRH The Prince of Wales from 1862 to 1866.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) by Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, on 16 June 1863.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) by Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, on 3 June 1864.¹ He was appointed Knight, Order of the Garter (K.G.) on 14 January 1865.³ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland from 1868 to 1874.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Northamptonshire from 1872 to 1908.¹ He held the office of Lord President of the Council from 1880 to 1883.¹ He held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland from 1882 to 1885.¹ He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws (LL.D.) by Dublin University, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland^G, on 30 June 1883.¹ He held the office of Lord President of the Council from February 1886 to August 1886.¹ He held the office of Chancellor of Victoria University, Manchester from 1892 to 1907.¹ He held the office of First Lord of the Admiralty from 1892 to 1907. 'As Lord of the Admiralty, he brought about the resignation of Gladstone by insisting on fresh expenditure on the Navy.¹' He held the office of President of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1898.¹ He held the office of Privy Seal to the Prince of Wales from 1901 to 1907.¹
     Gibbs writes, "He supported Gladstone's proposals for granting Home Rule to Ireland, and, from his experience of that country and its politicians his adhesion carried consideable weight. 'I question very much whether Lord Spencer was at heart a Home Ruler. By nature obstinate and inflexible... his conversion to Home Rule seemed as remarkable in its way as Sir William Harcourt's. It could only be explained by personal loyalty to Mr. Gladstone, and out and out loyalty to party ... In conversation, or on his feet in the House of Lords, he seemed to me to have no command of happy expression ... I should think that, with all his great qualities of industry, devotion to the public service and personal integrity, Lord Spencer was wanting in ... "vision." ' As Lord Lieutenant of Ireland he displayed courage and firmness in the suppression of criminal conspiracy, which brought down on him showers of Nationalist abuse; it was at the beginning of his second term of office that the Chief Secretary, Lord Frederick Cavendish, was assassinated. In private life he was an upright, high minded man with pleasing manners and a keen sportsman, being thrice Master of the Pytchley."¹ He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.⁴
     

     Charlotte Frances Frederica Seymour was born on 28 September 1835.¹ She was the daughter of Frederick Charles William Seymour and Lady Augusta Hervey.¹ She married John Poyntz Spencer, 5th Earl Spencer, son of Vice-Admiral Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer and Georgiana Elizabeth Poyntz, on 8 July 1858 at St. James's, London, England^G.¹ She died on 31 October 1903 at age 68 at St. James's Place, St. James's, London, England^G, from unknown causes after a long illness.¹ She was buried on 5 November 1903 at Brington, Northamptonshire, England^G.¹
     After her marriage, Charlotte Frances Frederica Seymour was styled as Countess Spencer on 8 July 1858. She was appointed Lady, Royal Order of Victoria and Albert (V.A.) 3rd class.¹

     Lady Adelaide Margaret Delia Spencer was born on 26 June 1889.² She was the daughter of Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer and Hon. Margaret Baring.³ She married Colonel Hon. Sir Sidney Cornwallis Peel, 1st and last Bt., son of Arthur Wellesley Peel, 1st Viscount Peel of Sandy and Adelaide Dugdale, on 9 April 1914.² She died in January 1981 at age 91.
     Lady Adelaide Margaret Delia Spencer usually went by her middle name of Delia.⁴ From 9 April 1914, her married name became Peel. She was appointed Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1947.² She was appointed Dame Commander, Royal Victorian Order (D.C.V.O.) in 1950.² She held the office of Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, when HRH Duchess of York.² She was appointed Fellow, Royal College of Music (F.R.C.M.) in 1954.²

     Lady Lavinia Emily Spencer was born on 29 September 1899.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Robert Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer and Hon. Margaret Baring.² She married Major Luke Henry White, 4th Baron Annaly of Annaly and Rathcline, son of Luke White, 3rd Baron Annaly of Annaly and Rathcline and Hon. Lilah Georgiana Augusta Constance Agar-Ellis, on 9 April 1919.¹ She died on 9 May 1955 at age 55.¹
     From 15 December 1922, her married name became Lady Annaly of Annaly and Rathcline. She held the office of Extra Woman of the Bedchamber to HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother.¹

     Hon. John Spencer was born on 13 May 1708.³ He was the son of Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland and Lady Anne Churchill.¹ He married Lady Georgiana Caroline Carteret, daughter of John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville and Frances Worsley, on 14 February 1733/34.³ He died on 20 June 1746 at age 38 from unknown causes 'because he would not be abridged of those invaluable blessings of an English subject, brandy, small-beer, and tobacco'.¹
     He held the office of Member of Parliament (M.P.) for Woodstock.³ On 12 January 1733/34 He inherited his father's Spencer estates in Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Warwickshire, together with most of his grandmother Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough's property, including the Manor of Winbledon and Wimbledon Park.⁴ He held the office of Ranger of Windsor Great Park.⁴

     Karoline Amelie Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel was born on 11 July 1771 at Hanau, Hessen, Germany^G.³ She was the daughter of Wilhelm I (IX) Kurfürst von Hessen-Kassel and Wilhelmina Caroline Oldenburg, Princess of Denmark. She married Emil Leopold August Herzog von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg, son of Ernst II Ludwig Herzog von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg and Maria Charlotte Amelia Ernestine von Sachsen-Meiningen, on 24 April 1802 at Kassel, Germany^G.⁴ She died on 22 February 1848 at age 76 at Gotha, Thüringen, Germany^G.³
     She gained the title of Prinzessin von Hessen-Kassel.¹

     Ernst II August Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha was born on 21 June 1818 at Coburg, Bayern, Germany^G.¹ He was the son of Ernst I Anton Karl Ludwig Herzog von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha and Luise Pauline Charlotte Friedrike Auguste Prinzessin von Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg. He married Alexandrine Luise Prinzessin von Baden, daughter of Leopold I Großherzog von Baden and Sophie Wilhelmine von Holstein-Gottorp, Princess of Sweden, on 3 May 1842 at Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.³ He died on 22 August 1893 at age 75 at Reinhardsbrunn Castle, Germany.¹
     He gained the title of Herzog Ernst II von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (styled as Reigning Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha) on 29 January 1844.¹

     Martha White was the daughter of Simon White and Frances Jane Eyre.¹ She married Michael Goold-Adams, son of Wallis Adams and Frances Goold, in 1800.¹ She died in 1841.²
     From 1800, her married name became Goold-Adams.²