George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan

Field Marshal The Right Honourable

The Earl of Lucan

GCB
Field Marshal The Right Honourable; The Earl of Lucan; GCB
	The 3rd Earl of Lucan. Engraving by D. J. Pound, c. 1860
Nicknames	"The Exterminator", "Lord Look-on"
Born	16 April 1800; London, England, Great Britain
Died	10 November 1888 (aged 88); London, England, United Kingdom
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch	British Army
Service years	1816–1877
Rank	Field Marshal
Commands	Cavalry Division
Conflicts	Crimean War
Awards	Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath; Order of St. Anna, 2nd Class (Russia); Order of the Medjidie, First Class (Ottoman Empire); Commander of the Legion of Honour (France);
Spouse	Lady Anne Brudenell (m. 1829; died 1877)

George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, GCB (16 April 1800 – 10 November 1888), styled Lord Bingham before 1839, was an Anglo-Irish peer and military officer. He was one of three men, along with Louis Nolan and Lord Raglan, responsible for the fateful order during the Battle of Balaclava in October 1854 that led to the Light Brigade commander, the Earl of Cardigan, leading the Charge of the Light Brigade. He was subsequently promoted to field marshal. He was a ruthless landlord during the Great Famine in Ireland, evicting thousands of his tenants and renting his land to wealthy ranchers. He also came up with a solution that allowed Jews to sit in Parliament.