Peregrine Bingham the Elder
Peregrine Bingham, the elder (1754–1826) was an English biographer and poet.
Life
He was the son of George Bingham, B.D., rector of Pimperne, Dorset. He was educated at New College, Oxford (B.C.L. 1780); became rector of Edmondsham, Dorset, in 1782, and of Berwick St. John, Wiltshire, in 1817. At one time he was chaplain of HMS Agincourt. He died on 28 May 1826, aged 72.
Works
He wrote Memoirs of his father, prefixed to Dissertations, Essays, and Sermons, by the late George Bingham, B.D., 2 vols., 1804. These Memoirs, which are abridged in John Hutchins' Dorset, new edition, gave rise to a controversy between the author and the rector of Critchill. Bingham also wrote The Pains of Memory, a poem, in two books, London, 1811; 2nd edit., with vignettes, 1812.[1]
He was the father of Peregrine Bingham the younger.[2]
References
- ↑
Cooper, Thompson (1886). "Bingham, Peregrine (1754-1826)". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 51. - ↑ Cooper, Thompson (1886). "Bingham, Peregrine (1788-1864)". In Stephen, Leslie. Dictionary of National Biography 5. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 51.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Bingham, Peregrine (1754-1826)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.