The Hon Charlotte Bingham, the celebrated writer who penned more than 40 novels and wrote for numerous hit television shows in her decades-spanning career, died 16 November, 2025, aged 83.
The celebrated novelist and screenwriter published her first book _Coronet Among the Weeds_ when she was just 19.
Along with her husband Terence Brady, Bingham also wrote for television, contributing to shows including the 1960s hit _Boy Meets Girl_, classic drama _Upstairs, Downstairs_, and _Three Piece Suite_ starring the late Dame Diana Rigg.
In the 1970s, Bingham created and wrote No, Honestly, which drew 17 million viewers at its peak. She also penned more than 40 novels, including the award-winning Change of Heart, Belgravia and To Hear A Nightingale, which was adapted for the big screen.
She was born Charlotte Mary Thérèse Bingham, 29 June, 1942, scion of the Barons Clanmorris, daughter of the Hon John Michael Ward Bingham (born 3 Nov, 1908), and his wife the former Madeleine Mary Ebel (who died 16 Feb, 1988). Her father was a novelist and MI5 officer who was later revealed to have been the inspiration for John le Carré’s spy character George Smiley. Her father succeeded his father, 27 June, 1960, as 7th Baron Clanmorris, in the Peerage of Ireland (created 1800), and he died 6 Aug, 1988.
She married 15 January, 1964, the actor, Terence Brady (born 13 March, 1939), son of Frederick Arthur Noel Brady (1903-1985), of Co Cork, and his wife the former Mary Moore, by whom she had issue, a son, Matthew Joseph Mulligan Brady (born 11 March, 1972), and a daughter, Candida Marie Thérèse (born 19 Apr, 1965), wife of Titus Ogilvy.
She was widowed, 24 September, 2016.
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