The estate of the late Lady Lucan leads Bonhams Private Collections Sale at Bonhams on Wednesday 3 October. The proceeds from the sale will be donated to Shelter, a charity whose objective is to see safe, secure and affordable housing for everyone. Lady Lucan was married to John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, who disappeared in 1974, shortly after the attempted murder of his, by then, estranged wife and the murder of the nanny of their children, Sandra Rivett. At the inquest into Rivetts death, Lucan was identified as her killer, the first member of the House of Lords to be named in court as a murderer since 1760. The whereabouts of Lord Lucan captured the public imagination and was the subject of years of intense media and public speculation. The official presumption was that he had died. Probate was granted on his estate in 1999, and a death certificate was issued in 2016. Lady Lucan died in 2017. The many fascinating family it
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