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

Peerage of Ireland

The Peerage of Ireland is the term used for those titles of nobility created by the English and later British monarchs of Ireland in their capacity as Lord or King of Ireland. The creation of such titles came to an end in the 19th century. The ranks of the Irish peerage are Duke, Marquess, Earl,...

. It was created in 1800 for John Bingham

John Bingham, 1st Baron Clanmorris

John Bingham, 1st Baron Clanmorris was an Irish peer.Bingham was the son of Henry Bingham and his wife Letitia . He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Tuam in 1798, a seat he held until 1800. He then exchanged the two seats he controlled in this borough with the government in return for...

. He was a descendant of John Bingham of Foxford in County Mayo

County Mayo

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, whose brother Sir Henry Bingham, 1st Baronet, of Castlebar, was the ancestor of the Earls of Lucan

Earl of Lucan

Earl of Lucan was a title in the Peerage of Ireland which has been possessed by two related Irish families in creations of 1691 and 1795. The current holder is presumed to be Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, who vanished in 1974....

. 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. Edward Bingham

Edward Bingham

Rear Admiral The Honourable Edward Barry Stewart Bingham VC, OBE served in the Royal Navy during the First World War and was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions in engaging the German fleet during the Battle of Jutland.Bingham, the son of Lord Clanmorris, entered the Royal Navy in 1895...

, a younger son of the fifth Baron won the Victoria Cross

Victoria Cross

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 for his actions during the battle of Jutland

Battle of Jutland

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. The novelist Charlotte Bingham

Charlotte Bingham

Charlotte Mary Thérèse Bingham is an English novelist who has written over 30 mainly historical novels and has also written for many television programmes including Upstairs, Downstairs, Play for Today and Robin's Nest...

 is the daughter of the seventh and the sister of the eighth Baron Clanmorris. A granddaughter of the fourth Baron was Zara Pollock

Zara, Countess of Gowrie

Zara Eileen Hore-Ruthven, Countess of Gowrie was the Irish-born wife of the 1st Earl of Gowrie, Governor of South Australia 1928-34, Governor of New South Wales 1935-36 and the longest-serving Governor-General of Australia 1936-44...

, who married Alexander Hore-Ruthven

Alexander Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie

Brigadier General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie VC, GCMG, CB, DSO & Bar, PC was a British soldier and colonial governor and the tenth Governor-General of Australia. Serving for 9 years and 7 days, he is the longest serving Governor-General in Australia's history...

 who, as 1st Baron Gowrie, was Governor-General of Australia

Governor-General of Australia

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 1936–44.

Barons Clanmorris (1800)

• John Bingham, 1st Baron Clanmorris
  John Bingham, 1st Baron Clanmorris
  John Bingham, 1st Baron Clanmorris was an Irish peer.Bingham was the son of Henry Bingham and his wife Letitia . He was elected to the Irish House of Commons for Tuam in 1798, a seat he held until 1800. He then exchanged the two seats he controlled in this borough with the government in return for...
  
   (1762–1821)
• Charles Barry Bingham, 2nd Baron Clanmorris (1796–1829)
• Denis Arthur Bingham, 3rd Baron Clanmorris (1808–1847)
• John Charles Robert Bingham, 4th Baron Clanmorris (1826–1876)
• John George Barry Bingham, 5th Baron Clanmorris
  John George Barry Bingham, 5th Baron Clanmorris
  John George Barry Bingham, 5th Baron Clanmorris DL, JP , was an Irish peer.Bingham was the son of John Bingham, 4th Baron Clanmorris, by Sarah Selina, daughter of Burton Persse. His mother and grandmother were members of the Persse family, making him a cousion of Augusta, Lady Gregory. He was...
  
   (1852–1916)
• Arthur Maurice Robert Bingham, 6th Baron Clanmorris (1879–1960)
• John Michael Ward Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris
  John Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris
  John Michael Ward Bingham, 7th Baron Clanmorris was an English novelist who published 17 thrillers, detective novels and spy novels...
  
  (1908–1988)
• Simon John Ward Bingham, 8th Baron Clanmorris (b. 1937)