Richard Bingley

Welsh soldier, settler in Ireland

Richard Bingley was an Irish soldier originally from Wales. 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

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1. ^ Morgan 2014, p. 197
2. ^ Morgan 2014, p. 81

## Bibliography

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* Bardon, Jonathan (2012). The Plantation of Ulster. Gill & MacMillan.
* Morgan, Rhys (2014). The Welsh and the Shaping of Early Modern Ireland, 1558-1641. Boydell & Brewer.

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