John Bingham (1) (1908–1988)
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- Bingham, John Michael Ward (Baron Clanmorris of Newbrook, 7th)
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- Lord Clanmorris
- Syntymäaika
- 1908-11-03
- Kuolinaika
- 1988-08-06
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- England
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- Cheltenham College
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- Bingham, Charlotte (daughter)
Bingham, Madeleine (wife) - Lyhyt elämäkerta
- John Michael Ward Bingham - who became the seventh Lord Clanmorris - was born in Haywards Heath on 3 November 1908.
He was educated at Cheltenham College and became an art editor for the 'Sunday Dispatch'. He married Madeleine Mary Ebel on 28 July 1934.
During the Second World War he served with the Royal Engineers and was attached to the General Staff. He also worked for MI5 and was supposedly the inspiration for John Le Carre's George Smiley. And over the course of thirty years, he served MI5 in various high-ranking capacities, including undercover agent.
He wrote under a pseudonym and published 17 novels in the thriller, detective and spy fields. These included 'My Name is Michael Sibley', his first novel published in 1952.
He succeeded to the title of 7th Baron Clanmorris on 24 June 1960.
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This was a fine entry in HRF Keating's Crime and Mystery 100 Best Books list. I will definitely be on the lookout for more by Bingham.
The introduction by John le Carré was terrific. They had been friends when they worked together at MI5 and although they'd had a falling out le Carré based his famous character George Smiley on Bingham.
"On the whole Bingham bypassed the usual crime-writing tricks of the trade to evoke surprise or mystery; instead he brought a new approach to crime fiction by emphasizing psychological realism."-- John le Carré… (lisätietoja)