Major-General Sir George Ridout Bingham KCB (21 July 1777 – 3 January 1833) was a British Army officer, who fought in the Napoleonic Wars. Bingham joined the British Army and was ensign in Corsica in 1793, He served in Cape and in 1800 fought in the Xhosa War. He was promoted to major in 1801 and was lieutenant-colonel of 2nd battalion 53rd Foot in Ireland in 1805. He served in the Peninsula from 1809 until 1814. He was knighted in 1815 and promoted to brigadier-general serving as the commanding military officer on St. Helena from 1815 until 1819 during Napoleon Bonaparte's initial incarceration on the island. Bingham then returned to the United Kingdom serving on the British Army staff in Ireland. He commanded Cork district from 1827 to 1832.