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John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan

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The result was: not scheduled by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 09:00, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

 Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (born 18 December 1934), commonly known as Lord Lucan, a British peer suspected of murder, disappeared without trace early on 8 November 1974. Once considered for the role of James Bond, Lucan was a charismatic man with expensive tastes; he raced power boats and drove an Aston Martin. In 1963 he married Veronica Duncan, with whom he had three children. When the marriage collapsed late in 1972, he moved out of the family home at 46 Lower Belgrave Street, in London's Belgravia, to a property nearby. A bitter custody battle ensued, which Lucan lost. He began to spy on his wife and to record their telephone conversations, apparently obsessed with regaining custody of the children. This fixation, combined with his gambling losses, had a dramatic effect on his life and personal finances. On the evening of 7 November 1974, the children's nanny, Sandra Rivett, was bludgeoned to death in the basement of the Lucan family home. Lady Lucan was also attacked; she later identified Lucan as her assailant. The Corsair was later found abandoned in Newhaven, its interior stained with blood and its boot containing a piece of bandaged lead pipe similar to one found at the crime scene. A warrant for Lucan's arrest was issued a few days later, and in his absence the inquest into Rivett's death named him as her murderer.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Ancestry of the Godwins (November 22, 2015)
 * Main editors: Parrot of Doom
 * Promoted: July 14, 2012
 * Reasons for nomination: Always interesting with a good crime read.
 * Support as nominator. BabbaQ (talk) 01:17, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: Since this article was promoted there has been a major study by Laura Thompson (published in 2014: A Different Class of Murder) which presents some new angles and insights into the Lucan affair. I have recently finished reading it – very good value. I think it might be premature to schedule this article as TFA before some revision to take account of this important new source. At present, Thompson's book is only listed as "further reading", which is not really adequate. Brianboulton (talk) 13:00, 26 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Seconded -- no shortage of potential TFAs and our best articles should be as up-to-date as possible. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:28, 27 December 2015 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your efforts, but oppose per above. No date connection, no reason why this should not be updated before getting on the main page. sst ✈  19:02, 28 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment: there's plenty of time to update it and nominate it again for a date in November when it would be more timely. Jonathunder (talk) 02:37, 5 January 2016 (UTC)