Death Certificate for Lord Lucan Granted; Son Inherits Earldom

There is now a new Earl of Lucan, 42 years after the 7th Earl disappeared following the gruesome murder of the family nanny.

George Bingham became the 8th Earl after a High Court judge yesterday approved a death certificate for his father, John Bingham – more commonly known as Lord Lucan. The Earl has not been seen since November 1974, when he disappeared after allegedly beating nanny Sandra Rivett to death with a pipe and also beating his estranged wife, Lady Veronica.

Lord Lucan: After all these years, The Times obituary https://t.co/HbWcd2ZYTa pic.twitter.com/KIBoeCv3uK

— The Times of London (@thetimes) February 4, 2016

He was legally declared dead in 1999, however a death certificate was required for his son to inherit the Earldom. This was not possible prior to the Presumption of Death Act, which came into effect in late 2014.

The new Earl of Lucan, George Bingham, and his wife after the High Court decision

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