Major-General Sir Cecil Edward Bingham GCVO KCMG CB (7 December 1861 – 31 May 1934) was a British Army officer who held high command during World War I.

Born the son of Charles Bingham, 4th Earl of Lucan,[2][3] Bingham was commissioned as a lieutenant into the 3rd The King's Own Hussars in September 1882[4] and transferred to the 2nd Regiment of Life Guards in 1886 and the 1st Regiment of Life Guards in 1892.

[5] He served in the Second Boer War in 1900 as aide-de-camp to Major-General John French, commanding the Cavalry division.

[6] After returning home, he became senior aide-de-Camp to the Duke of Connaught during his Indian Tour in 1903.

[12] In November 1916 he was appointed to command 73rd Division, a formation composed of Home Service men of the Territorial Force, which was stationed in Essex and Hertfordshire for coastal defence.