Lord Lucan: What Really Happened?

Ruddick James. Lord Lucan. What Really Happened. First Edition. London Headline Book Publishing 1994. 15 5 x 23 5 cm. IX 214 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. 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. He was born into an Anglo-Irish aristocratic family in Marylebone the elder son of the 6th Earl of Lucan by his marriage to Kaitlin Elizabeth Anne Dawson. Evacuated during the Second World War Lucan returned to attend Eton then from 1953 to 1955 served with the Coldstream Guards in West Germany. He developed a taste for gambling and skilled at backgammon and bridge became an early member of the Clermont Club. Although his losses often exceeded his winnings he left his job at a London-based merchant bank and became a professional gambler. He was known as Lord Bingham from April 1949 until January 1964. 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 Londons 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 childrens 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. As the police began their murder investigation Lucan telephoned his mother..