Richard Bingley

Richard Bingley was a Welsh-born soldier who settled in Ireland. 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

  1. Morgan p.197
  2. Morgan p.81

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