Baron Clanmorris, of Newbrook in the County of Mayo, is a title in the

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. It was created on 6 August 1800 for

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. He was a descendant of John Bingham of Foxford in

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, whose brother Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Baronet, of Castlebar, was the ancestor of the Earls of Lucan. The first Baron's great-great-great-grandson, the seventh Baron, was a spy and crime novelist (as ''John Bingham''). the title is held by the latter's son, the eighth Baron, who succeeded in 1988. The Hon.

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, a younger son of the fifth Baron won the

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for his actions during the

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. The novelist

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is the daughter of the seventh and the sister of the eighth Baron Clanmorris. A granddaughter of the fourth Baron was Zara Pollok, who married Alexander Hore-Ruthven who, as 1st Baron Gowrie, was Governor-General of Australia 1936–44.

Barons Clanmorris (1800)

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(1762–1821) * Charles Barry Bingham, 2nd Baron Clanmorris (1796–1829)"Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860)"

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p67: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935 * Denis Arthur Bingham, 3rd Baron Clanmorris (1808–1847) * John Charles Robert Bingham, 4th Baron Clanmorris (1826–1876) * John George Barry Bingham, 5th Baron Clanmorris (1852–1916) *

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(1879–1960) * John Michael Ward Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris (1908–1988) * Simon John Ward Bingham, 8th Baron Clanmorris (born 1937) The

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and sole heir to the peerage is the present holder's second cousin Robert Derek de Burgh Bingham (born 1942).

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* *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Clanmorris Baronies in the Peerage of Ireland Noble titles created in 1800

Barons Clanmorris (1800)

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