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5 unusual facts about William Bingham


Ann Louisa Baring

Ann Louisa Bingham Baring (born 1782) was the wife of Alexander Baring, Lord Ashburton and first child of William Bingham and Anne (Willing) Bingham.

Her father was rumored to be the richest man in America after the Revolutionary War.

Donegana's Hotel, Montreal

Originally built as a private home, the main structure was started in 1821 for the American millionaire William Bingham (1800-1852), only son of Senator Bingham, in preparation for his marriage the following year to Marie-Charlotte Chartier de Lotbinière (1805-1866), daughter and co-heiress of the 2nd Marquis de Lotbinière.

Harrison Gray Otis House

The design is said to be inspired by a William Bingham house that Bulfinch saw in 1789 in Philadelphia, in turned derived from a London example.

Louis Marc Antoine de Noailles

When the Revolution became more pronounced he emigrated to the United States and became a partner in William Bingham's Bank of North America in Philadelphia.


Daniel LeRoy

He worked to build a small settlement west of the Chenango, which he purchased from William Bingham's estate.


see also

Arthur Bingham

William Bingham, D.D. (1743–1819), vicar of Great Gaddesden (1777) and rector of Hemel Hempstead (1778) – later archdeacon of London (1789–1813) and chaplain to George III (1792); and his wife Agnata (aka Agnes), daughter of Liebert Dörrien, a merchant of Fenchurch Street, London and of West Ham, Essex.

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet

Thomas Willing, William Bingham's father-in-law and Barings' client at Philadelphia since 1774, was the bank's president and so its use of Baring's firm in making London payments, undertaking exchange transactions, and providing credits was seemingly inevitable.

William Douglass

Klondike Douglass (William Bingham Douglass, 1872–1953), American Major League Baseball player