The senior commander surviving, Lord Lucan, was not present; the newspaper account suggests that he was not invited.
Winifred Selina Sturt was the second daughter of Henry Gerard Sturt, 1st Baron Alington, and his first wife Lady Augusta Bingham, who was the first daughter of George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan.
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His brother-in-law, the Earl of Cardigan, was one of his subordinates, commanding the Light Brigade – an unfortunate choice as the two men heartily detested each other.
From 1942 to 1945 he was Deputy Director for Ground Defence in the Air Ministry.
However, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, was unable to issue Bingham with a writ of summons to the Lords without a death certificate for Lucan.
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They are descendants of George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, famous for his role in the Crimean War, leading the Cavalry Division which included the Heavy Brigade and the Light Brigade, the latter of which was involved in the heroic, if futile, Charge of the Light Brigade.
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George Charles Bingham, Lord Bingham (born 21 September 1967), styled 8th Earl of Lucan, is the only son of Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, and Veronica Mary Duncan.