John Bingham (Roundhead)

John Bingham (1613 – 1673) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1645 and 1659.

He served in the Parliamentary army in the English Civil War.

[1] He matriculated at Brasenose College, Oxford, on 9 December 1631, aged 18.

[2] In the Civil War, Bingham was colonel of a regiment of the parliamentary army and Bingham's Melcombe was used as the headquarters of the local parliamentary forces.

[3] He was governor of Poole, and took part in the siege of Corfe Castle.