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Line 1: {{short description|Welsh soldier who settled in Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person |name = Ralph Bingley |image =
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Born in [[Hawarden]], [[Flintshire]], Bingley served as an officer under Sir [[Henry Docwra]], as part of the expedition to establish garrisons in [[Derry]] and the [[Lough Foyle]] during [[Tyrone's Rebellion]] ( His brother [[Richard Bingley]] also served in Ireland and became a landowner in the Plantation, with northern [[County Donegal]] becoming a centre of Welsh settlement due to the influence of the brothers.<ref>Morgan p.81</ref> During [[O'Doherty's Rebellion]] of 1608 he returned to active service with the [[Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland)|Irish Army]], following the [[Burning of Derry]].<ref>Morgan p.38</ref> In 1624, he was elected [[Mayor of Derry]].<ref>Morgan p.99</ref> He was a strong supporter of [[George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham]]<ref>Morgan p.68</ref> and led a force of Irish troops to serve under him at the [[Siege of La Rochelle]]. He was killed during the battle of the Pont du Feneau.{{citation needed|date=May 2021}} ==References== Line 43 ⟶ 42: ==Bibliography== * Bardon, Jonathan. ''The Plantation of Ulster''. Gill & MacMillan, 2012. * McGurk, John. ''Sir Henry Docwra, 1564-1631: Derry's Second Founder''. * Morgan, Rhys. ''The Welsh and the Shaping of Early Modern Ireland, 1558-1641''. Boydell & Brewer, 2014. {{Authority control}} {{Ireland-bio-stub}}▼ {{DEFAULTSORT:Bingley, Ralph}} [[Category:People of Elizabethan Ireland]] [[Category:17th-century Irish [[Category:Welsh soldiers]] [[Category:Irish soldiers]] [[Category:Welsh emigrants to Ireland]] [[Category:People of O'Doherty's [[Category:1627 deaths]] [[Category:People from [[Category:People from [[Category:Irish knights]] [[Category:Year of birth uncertain]] ▲{{Ireland-bio-stub}} |