Richard Bingley
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Welsh soldier, settler in Ireland
Richard Bingley was an Irish soldier originally from Wales. In 1610 Bingley was appointed Constable of Doe Castle.[1] He was granted a significant estate as part of the Plantation of Ulster. Along with his elder brother Sir Ralph Bingley, he turned County Donegal into a centre of Welsh settlement.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ Morgan 2014, p. 197
- ^ Morgan 2014, p. 81
Bibliography
[edit ]- Bardon, Jonathan (2012). The Plantation of Ulster. Gill & MacMillan.
- Morgan, Rhys (2014). The Welsh and the Shaping of Early Modern Ireland, 1558-1641. Boydell & Brewer.
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