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{{RearRN}} '''Edward Barry Stewart Bingham''', V.C., O.B.E., Royal Navy (26 July, 1881 &ndash; 24 September, 1939) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].

==Life & Career==
Bingham was born in Bangor Castle, Ireland, the third son of the fifth Lord Clanmorris.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref><ref>Obituary in ''The Times''.</ref>

Bingham was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 June, 1903.{{NLMar13|p. 7}}

On 30 September, 1904, Bingham ended an appointment in {{UK-Bulwark}} to command unspecified  torpedo boats.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>

Bingham was appointed in command of the {{UK-Star|f=t}} on 25 April, 1905.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>

Bingham was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 June, 1911.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>

==Great War==
At the beginning of the war, Bingham was appointed to the {{UK-Invincible|f=t}}, remaining there until 4 January, 1915, having been specially promoted to {{CommRN}} on 31 December for his part in the [[Battle of the Falklands]].  On 7 February, he was appointed to command {{UK-Hornet}}.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>

In early 1915, while captain of the {{UK-Hornet|f=t}}, Bingham weathered ferocious weather conditions that stove in the bridge railings of his sub-divisional mate, {{UK-Tigress}}.{{HardLying|p. 121}}  On 28 October, ''Hornet'' and {{UK-Jackal}} deviated from a patrol to assist the {{UK-Argyll|f=t}}, which had run hard aground off Dundee.  Judging that time was critical, Bingham went right in to the larger ship, and men jumped in batches when the time seemed right.  Bingham took on about 500 men without mishap in this daring rescue.  ''Jackal'' took off the remainder, entirely without loss.{{HardLying|p. 122}}

Offsetting this coup to some degree, Bingham was faulted for a collision between {{UK-Sandfly}} and {{UK-Tigress}} some time in 1915.  The Vice-Admiral commanding {{UK-BS|3}} judged that Bingham had cut too closely to another vessel and without indicating his intentions to the next ship astern before so doing.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>

On 18 May, 1915, he married Vera Maude Temple-Patterson.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>

He was appointed in command of {{UK-Nestor}} on April, 1916 and would command her as part of the {{UK-DF|13}} at the [[Battle of Jutland]], where she was lost after an engineering casualty brought her to a standstill.{{UKJutlandOD|p. 46}}  Bingham wound up as a prisoner of war after being scooped up by the Germans.  On 27 July, 1916 the British learned he'd been moved to an officers' detention centre in Freiberg.  On 4 May, 1917, he was moved to Augustabad.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>

Bingham was repatriated soon after the war and was invested with the Victoria Cross at Buckingham Palace on 13 December, 1918.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>

==Post-War==
Bingham was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 31 December, 1919 on the recommendation of Admiral Sturdee.<ref>Bingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/117.|D7603624}} f. 117.</ref>

He was appointed in command of the {{UK-Enchantress|f=t}} in September, 1920.{{NLDec20|p. 769}}

In May, 1931, Bingham was appointed in command of the {{UK-Comus|f=t}}.

His marriage to Vera would end in 1937, though it had yielded a son and a daughter.  He would die in 1939, aged 58 in a London nursing home.<ref>Obituary in ''The Times''.</ref>

==See Also==
{{refbegin}}
* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Edward+Barry+Stewart+Bingham Service Records]
* [[Thirteenth D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland]]
{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Barry_Stewart_Bingham}}
* "Rear-Admiral E. B. S. Bingham, V.C." (Obituary) ''The Times''  September 25, 1939.  p. 10 ('''48419''') column B.
{{refend}}

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