Earl of Lucan
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Earl of Lucan is a title which has been created twice in the Peerage of Ireland for related families.
Patrick Sarsfield, 1st Earl of Lucan
George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan,, styled Lord Bingham before 1839, was an Anglo-Irish peer and military officer. He was one of three men, along with Louis Nolan and Lord Raglan, responsible
Earl of Lucan
…Earl of Lucan also has a Baronetcy (of Castlebar, Co Mayo), created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia (7 June 1634). The title became notorious when the 3rd Earl, as cavalry commander in the Crimean War, was involved in the ill-fated Charge of the Light Brigade. Its notoriety was renewed after the disappearance…
George, Lord Bingham, at age 14, painted by his sister Elizabeth Harcourt
The Charge of the Light Brigade: it was Lucan who gave the order to Cardigan to lead the charge.
Portrait by Francis Grant, c.1856