Talk:Richard Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan
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Is it neccesary to put "(colloquially known simply as Lord Lucan)". All peers are referred to as Lord Whatever. Mintguy 03:26, 9 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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- The Duke of Omnium is referred to as that, not as 'Lord Omnium'. Xxanthippe 06:50, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
- How many of those peers are reguarly discussed in popular press, and the subject of books? Besides which, the bracketed text ensures that the page is found by anyone seaching for the string "Lord Lucan". Andy Mabbett 10:29, 9 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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- A search for Lord Lucan gives you this disambiguation page which is appropriate for this encyclopaedia, because there was more than one notable Lord Lucan. As for the usage of figures about whom book have been written what about Lord Lichfield, Lord Byron, Lord Longford, Lord Hailsham, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Lord Nelson, Lord Hailifax, Lord Russell, Lord North etc. etc.. Mintguy 16:10, 9 Nov 2003 (UTC)
[edit] Officially dead
I have firmed up the statement about the High Court officially declaring Lucan dead. For a reference see [1] .jguk 18:35, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
If he has been declared "officially dead" by the high court, why can his son not claim the peerage? And why is his death simply assumed to have been in 1992? Why should this be a logical assumption?
[edit] "high society" has many mansions
"High society" like any other horizontal cross-section of the social pyramid, contains a variety of persons, ranging from rogues and morons to saints and geniuses. Like in the other cross-sections, the greater bulk in between consists of average decent respectable people of no particular note. Of course, the rogues make the best stories. Read Balzac, Thackeray, Proust.
It therefore seems unfair to tar the whole of "high society" with the brush of Lord Lucan's gambling associates who would have found little welcome in the better parts of it. Xanthippe.
[edit] Detail?
From beginning to end this article refers solely to his murder and his disappearance and nothing about his early life, or even where he was born, and to whom. Surely something like this, as it stands, should be re-titled "The Lucan Murder", or something smilar? Otherwise these details really should be addressed.
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- I noticed that too and I have tried adding some other biographical info. I only found references to him being a student of Eton, in the Coldstream Guards, and his gambling friends, though. It's rather hard finding anything else. There is of course, the stuff about his right-wing political views, with him buying Mein Kampf, etc. But I don't know how to incorporate that in the article. It has a good source (the Observer) but if you know how it can be inserted, go for it! --Ashley Rovira 19:26, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
