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Lord Lucan

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The Resume

    (December 18, 1934- )
    Born in England, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Richard John Bingham
    7th Earl of Lucan
    Killed Sandra Rivett, his children's nanny, and assaulted his estranged wife (November 7, 1974)
    Showed up after midnight at a friend's house claiming he had interrupted a man attacking his wife, who in the confusion accused him of committing the crime
    Has not been seen since
    Named as Rivett's murderer by an inquest jury (June 19, 1975)
    Officially declared dead by the High Court of Justice (1999)

Why he might be annoying:

    He gambled away most of the family fortune.
    His alibi was undermined by the discovery in the trunk of his car of a lead pipe wrapped in surgical tape that matched the weapon left behind at Lady Lucan's flat.
    The police accused his upper-crust friends of obstructing their investigation.
    They may have also helped him escape abroad.
    There have been 70 unconfirmed sightings of him in South Africa, India, Australia, New Zealand, the Netherlands and Ireland.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He was an officer in the Coldstream Guards.
    Lady Lucan managed to persuade him to stop his attack, then escaped to a nearby pub when he went to the bathroom.
    Before disappearing, he called his mother and asked her to check and make sure his children were alright.
    A Lord Lucan sighting is always a useful way for British tabloids to fill out column inches on a slow news day.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 26 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 42 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 48 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 117 Votes: 58.12% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 49 Votes: 53.06% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 114 Votes: 59.65% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 34 Votes: 79.41% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 177 Votes: 75.14% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 82 Votes: 67.07% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 94 Votes: 67.02% Annoying