Bingham (John, Earl of Lucan) Autograph letter signed ('John'), in pencil, reading in full "Dear Mummy and Daddy, The day before yesterday we saw a movie called "Passage to Marsalles" [sic]. It was a very good movie. Thank you alot [sic] for the letter you sent me, I liked it alot [sic]. Do you know what boat we are going to England on? Lots of love, John", one page, light folding marks, a couple of smudges, 4to, The Harvey School, Hawthorne, N.Y., 11 December 1944.  ***Rare letter written by Lord Lucan as a child while attending the Harvey School during the war.  Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (18 December 1934 – disappeared 8 November 1974), commonly known as Lord Lucan, was a British peer who disappeared after being suspected of murder. Lucan was known for his expensive tastes; he raced power boats and drove an Aston Martin. In 1963 he married Veronica Duncan, by whom he had three children. When the marriage collapsed late in 1972,  a bitter custody battle ensued, which Lucan lost. He began to spy on his wife and record their telephone conversations, apparently obsessed with regaining custody of the children. 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. As the police began their murder investigation, Lucan vanished without trace.