A Man Amongst Lesser Men
Harry Bingham Website
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Harry Bingham was one of seven sons of former Connecticut Governor and US Senator Hiram Bingham III and his first wife, Alfreda Mitchell. His great-grandfather Hiram Bingham I and grandfather Hiram Bingham II were the first missionaries to the Kingdom of Hawai'i. Bingham attended the prestigious Groton School and graduated from Yale University in 1925.
While posted in London, he met Rose Lawton Morrison, a college drama teacher from, whom he escorted to Buckingham Palace to meet the Queen. They later married and had 11 children. Bingham served in Kobe Japan, as a civilian secretary in the United States Embassy. He worked part-time as a schoolteacher. After obtaining his law degree, he scored third in his class on the foreign service exam. |
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