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
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
Great Famine (Ireland)
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The Great Famine, also known as the Great Hunger, the Famine and the Irish Potato Famine, was a period of mass starvation and disease in Ireland from 1845 to 1852. It constituted a major historical so
George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan
…the Earl of Cardigan, leading the Charge of the Light Brigade. He was subsequently promoted to field marshal. He was a ruthless landlord during the Great Famine in Ireland, evicting thousands of his tenants and renting his land to wealthy ranchers. He also came up with a solution that allowed Jews to sit in…
Scene at Skibbereen during the Great Famine, The Illustrated London News, 1847
A potato infected with late blight, showing typical rot symptoms
An 1845 painting depicting the forced eviction of Irish tenants during the Famine era
An Irish Peasant Family Discovering the Blight of their Store by Cork artist Daniel MacDonald, c. 1847