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Pains of memory

Peregrine Bingham (1754-1826), The Pains of Memory: A poem (1811). Palala Press, 2016. Courtesy Amazon.com.

Peregrine Bingham, the elder (1754 - 28 May 1826) was an English poet and biographer.[1]

Life[]

Bingham was the son of antiquary George Bingham, B.D., the rector of Pimperne, Dorset.[1]

He was educated at New College, Oxford, where he earned a B.C.L. in 1780, and was a fellow, 1774-1787.[2]

He married Amy Bowles, the daughter of poet William Lisle Bowles, in 1807.[2] He was the father of Peregrine Bingham the younger, by a previous marriage.

He became rector of Edmondsham, Dorset, in 1782, and of Berwick St. John, Wiltshire, in 1817. For a time he was chaplain of HMS Agincourt. He died aged 72.[1]

Writing[]

He wrote Memoirs of his father, prefixed to Dissertations, Essays, and Sermons, by the late George Bingham, B.D., 2 vols., 1804. These Memoirs, which are abridged in John Hutchins' Dorset, new edition, gave rise to a controversy between the author and the rector of Critchill. Bingham also wrote The Pains of Memory: A poem, in two books, London, 1811; 2nd edit., with vignettes, 1812.[1]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

Non-fiction[]

  • "Memoir" in George Bingham, Dissertations, Essays, and Sermons. London: Nichols & Son, for F.C. & J. Rivington, et al, 1804.
  • An Answer to the Reply or Defence of the Rector of Critchil. Wincanton, UK: T. Adams, et al, [1805?]


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]

References[]

  • PD-icon Cooper, Thompson (1886) "Bingham, Peregrine (1754-1826)" in Stephen, Leslie Dictionary of National Biography 5 London: Smith, Elder, p. 51 

Notes[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Cooper, 51.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Rev. Peregrine Bingham (1754-1826), English Poetry, 1579-1830, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, Apr. 29, 2016.
  3. Search results = au:Peregrine Bingham 1826, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Apr. 29, 2016.

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PD-icon This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain, the Dictionary of National Biography (edited by Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee). London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900. Original article is at: "Bingham, Peregrine (1754-1826)"

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