From the files of the DIB…‘The exterminator’

BINGHAM, George Charles (1800–88), 3rd earl of Lucan, soldier and landlord, was born on 16 April 1800 in London, eldest son of Richard Bingham, 2nd earl of Lucan, and his wife Elizabeth, daughter of the 3rd earl of Fauconberg. Educated at Westminster School (1812–16), he was commissioned ensign in the 6th Foot in 1816 and … Read more

Pushing an open door? Ireland and the EEC referendum of 1972

‘The decision which the Irish people will make on 10 May will be recorded either as an unprecedented opportunity which we chose to grasp with incalculable gain, or which we chose to throw away with irreparable loss’ —Taoiseach Jack Lynch, April 1972   The campaign for EEC membership didn’t really begin until November 1970, when … Read more