Bingley (surname)
Bingley is an English surname; a habitational name from Bingley, in West Yorkshire, recorded in Domesday Book as 'Bingelei'; from the Old English personal name "Bynna" (or alternatively Old English 'bing' ("hollow")), plus '-inga' (lit. "of the people of") & 'leah' (lit. "woodland clearing).[1][2]
Notable people with the surname include:
- Blanche Bingley (1863–1946), English tennis player
- John Bingley Garland (1791–1875), Newfoundland politician
- John Bingley, Australian footballer
- Matthew Bingley, Australian soccer footballer
- Norman Bingley, British sports sailor
- Ossian Bingley Hart (1821–1874), American politician
- Ralph Bingley, (1570-1627), Welsh soldier
- Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles (1781–1826), British statesman
- Walter Bingley, English footballer
Fictional characters:
- Charles Bingley, character from Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice
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