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BINGHAM—BINSTEAD. July following Lieut. Bingham was appointed Senior of the 18, Capt. Harry Eyres, and, during the three years he remained in that sloop, was at Mexico pending the dispute between that republic and the French government – went to New York with despatches for the British Minister at Washington relative to the Maine boundary question – rendered much effective assistance in destroying the slave traffic in the Mozambique Channel – led, during the expedition to China, the storming party at the taking of the fort of Tycocktow, 7 Jan. 1841 – was struck, three days afterwards, in consequence of the springing of a mine, by a large stone, which caused a violent contusion of the hip and fracture of both bones of the right leg – and in May witnessed the capture and ransom of Canton. For the latter service he was advanced to his present rank, by commission dated 6 July, 1841. He has been in command, since 14 Dec. 1844, of the 16, on the S.E. coast of America.

Commander Bingham, who, previously to joining the, had been for some time a student at the R.N. College, is author of a ‘Narrative of the Expedition to China.’ Although crippled from his wounds, he receives no pension. – Messrs. Ommanney.

 BINGHAM. 

, born 11 April, 1799, is son of the late Rear-Admiral Joseph Bingham; grandson, maternally, of the late Admiral Sir Wm. Parker, Bart., an officer who obtained great celebrity on 1 June, 1794, as Captain of the 74; nephew of the present Capt. Sir Wm. Geo. Parker, Bart. R.N.; godson of the late Admiral Sir John Thos. Duckworth, K.B.; and first cousin of Commanders and  Bingham.

This officer entered the Navy, 21 May, 1811, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 74, commanded by his father, Capt. Joseph Bingham, with whom he participated, as Midshipman, in the operations up the Gironde in 1814, where he witnessed the destruction of a French line-of-battle ship, 3 brigs of war, several smaller vessels, and of all the forts and batteries on the north side of the river. He was next attached for a short period to the Tiber 38, Capt. Jas. Rich. Dacres, lying in Portsmouth Harbour; then joined the 74, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Rear-Admiral Chas. Vinicombe Penrose; and, on removing to the 74, Capt. John Coode, was present at the battle of Algiers, 27 Aug. 1816, on which occasion he commanded at intervals the mortar and rocket boats, and was slightly wounded in the foot. During his continuance in the, he had the good fortune, twice at sea, and once in port, to save the lives of 3 men, by intrepidly jumping overboard after them. In Oct. 1818, he passed his examination; and, after serving successively in the 22, Capt. Robt. Gambler, 104, bearing the flag of Sir Geo. Campbell, Commander-in-Chief at Portsmouth, 74, Capt. Fred. Lewis Maitland, and 42, Capt. Sir Geo. Ralph Collier, was made Lieutenant, 28 April, 1821, into his former ship the, Capt. Hen. John Leeke, on the coast of Africa. While employed in the boats, as First-Lieutenant, at the subsequent capture of two privateer slavers – armed, the one with 4, the other with 16 guns – Mr. Bingham was very severely wounded by a grape-shot, which, entering his left breast, passed along his arm as far as the elbow, and was not extracted until after a lapse of ten days. In consequence of over exertion in afterwards fitting out the two prizes, he brought on a severe attack of fever, and in Dec. of the same year, 1821, was obliged to invalid. On 20 March, 1823, he was appointed to the 76, flag-ship in the Mediterranean of Sir Harry Neale, and, at a later date, of Sir Edw. Codrington, to whom he became Flag-Lieutenant 17 Sept. 1825. He was promoted out of that ship 26 April, 1827; and since 18 Jan. 1842, has been employed as an Inspecting Commander in the Coast Guard.

Commander Bingham married first, m 1833, Emily, eldest daughter of Major Geo. Payne, of Walton, co. Surrey; and secondly, in Nov. 1838, Jane, daughter of the late Col. Delamane, and widow of Capt. W. H. C. Howard, of the Hon. E. I. C.’s European Regiment. He has issue one daughter. – J. Hinxman.

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entered the Navy, 10 June, 1810, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the 36, Capt. Edwards Lloyd Graham, on the North Sea station, where he assisted at the capture and destruction of several Danish privateers. He subsequently became Midshipman, under the same Captain, of the 38, and, after participating in the seizure of many vessels, and the blockade, during a whole winter, of the French fleet in Toulon, joined, in Feb. 1814, the  120, bearing the flag of Sir Edw. Pellew. In that ship Mr. Binstead commanded the maintop in a skirmish, on 13 of the latter month, with the French 74 Romulus, and took part in various other slight encounters with the enemy, besides sharing in the siege of Genoa. He next served in the 22, Capt. Hon. Algernon Percy, on the North American station,  36, Capt. Wm. King, in the Channel, and 50, Capt. Arthur Farquhar, at the Cape of Good Hope; passed his examination 3 July, 1816; and, having rejoined Lord Exmouth in the  100, was present, 27 Aug. following, at the battle of Algiers. From 1817 until the death of Buonaparte in May, 1821, we find him, in the 24, Capts. Fred. Hickey and Fred. Edw. Venables, arduously employed on the Brazilian coast, in the South Seas, and off St. Helena; after which he again joined the , flagship at Portsmouth of Sir Jas. Hawkins Whitshed, and, in 1823, was received on board the 42, bearing the broad pendant of Commodore Sir Robt. Mends on the western coast of Africa. While on the latter station, Mr. Binstead, who was frequently sent up the rivers for weeks at a time in an open boat in pursuit of different slavers, served on shore at Cape Coast Castle during the Ashantee war, was present in several attacks made by the enemy, and witnessed the death of General Sir Chas. M‘Carthy. He returned home in March, 1824, with a constitution severely impaired from the fevers of the climate, as Acting-Lieutenant of the ; obtained his commission on 10 April; and, in July following, was appointed to the 84, Capt. Patrick Campbell, lying in Portsmouth Harbour. On 23 Nov. 1826, Lieut. Binstead, with Capt. John Hayes, the constructor, joined the 28, an experimental frigate, afterwards commanded by Lord Adolphus FitzClarence, in which he continued until July, 1828, when he was nominated Agent for Transports afloat. During the six years of his being so employed he conveyed upwards of 40,000 troops to the colonies – assisted in shifting the naval establishment from Gibraltar to Malta – succeeded on numerous occasions in saving the lives of soldiers who had accidentally fallen overboard – and was twice the means of preserving a transport-ship from destruction. In the discharge of all the trying duties that devolved on him he obtained the flattering encomiums of his several Commanders-in-Chief, and was further honoured -with the approbation of the Admiralty. He subsequently served at Portsmouth, as Senior Lieutenant to Sir Edw. Codrington, in the, , and , first-rates, from 19 April, 1839, until advanced to his present rank, 23 Nov. 1841. He has since been on half-pay.

Commander Binstead married, 7 July, 1833, Emily, third daughter of John Fulleck, Esq., of Liphook, co. Hants, and has issue three children. – Messrs. Stilwell.

