Baron Revelstoke, of

Membland Membland is an historic estate in the parish of Newton and Noss, Devon, situated about 8 miles south-east of the centre of Plymouth. The estate was purchased in about 1877 by Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828–1897), senior partner of B ...

in the County of Devon, is a title in the

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. It was created on 30 June 1885 for the businessman Edward Baring, head of the family firm of

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and a member of the

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. Baring was the son of

Henry Baring Henry Baring (18 January 1777 – 13 April 1848) was a British banker and politician. He was the third son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, the founder of the family banking firm that grew into Barings Bank. His grandfather Johann Baring em ...

, third son of

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, and the nephew of

Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, PC (27 October 177412 May 1848), of The Grange in Hampshire, of Ashburton in Devon and of Buckenham Tofts near Thetford in Norfolk, was a British politician and financier, and a member of the Baring famil ...

, the second cousin of

Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, (20 April 1796 – 6 September 1866), known as Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet, from 1848 to 1866, was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russ ...

, the elder brother of

Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, (; 26 February 1841 – 29 January 1917) was a British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator. He served as the British controller-general in Egypt during 1879, part of the international control whic ...

and the uncle of

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. He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son John, the second Baron. John was a partner in Baring Brothers and Co. Ltd, a Director of the

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, and also served as

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. On his death the title passed to his younger brother

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, the third Baron. He acquired

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, north of

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, in 1904. the title is held by his great-grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his father in 2012. The man-of-letters

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was the fifth son of the first Baron. The city of Revelstoke in

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, Canada, was renamed in honour of Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, commemorating his role in securing the financing necessary for completion of the

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. The family seat is Lambay Castle, in

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Barons Revelstoke (1885)

* Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828–1897) * John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke (1863–1929) *

Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke (12 April 1864 – 26 January 1934) was an English banker and aristocrat. Early life Baring was born on 12 April 1864. He was the third, but second surviving, of seven sons and three daughters born to Edward Ba ...

(1864–1934). Married Maude Lorillard of New York, daughter of the tobacco millionaire,

Pierre Lorillard IV Pierre J. Lorillard IV (October 13, 1833 – July 7, 1901) was an American tobacco manufacturer and Thoroughbred race horse owner. Early life Born in Westchester, New York, he was the son of Pierre Lorillard III (1796–1867) and Catherine Gri ...

. *

Rupert Baring, 4th Baron Revelstoke Rupert Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Revelstoke (8 February 1911 – 18 July 1994) was a British landowner and peer. Early life Baring was born in London on 8 February 1911. He was the only son of Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke and Maude Louise ...

(1911–1994) * John Baring, 5th Baron Revelstoke (1934–2003) * James Cecil Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke (1938–2012) *Alexander Rupert Baring, 7th Baron Revelstoke (b. 1970) The

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is the present holder's brother Thomas James Baring (b. 1971)

Family tree

Line of Succession

* ''Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828—1897)'' ** ''John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke (1863—1929)'' ** ''Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke (1864—1934)'' *** ''Rupert Baring, 4th Baron Revelstoke (1911—1994)'' **** ''John Baring, 5th Baron Revelstoke (1934—2003)'' **** ''James Cecil Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke (1938—2012)'' ***** Alexander Rupert Baring, 7th Baron Revelstoke (born 1970) ***** (1) ''Hon.'' Thomas James Baring (b. 1971) ** ''Major Hon. Hugo Baring (1876—1949)'' *** ''Francis Anthony Baring (1909—1940)'' **** (2) Nicholas Hugo Baring (b. 1934) ***** (3) Francis Charles Baring (b. 1973) ***** (4) Tobias Keith Alexander Baring (b. 1976) ***** (5) Edward Randal Baring (b. 1979) **** (6) Peter Baring (b. 1935) ***** (7) Guy Francis Baring (b. 1965) ***** (8) Max Maurice Baring (b. 1967) ***** (9) Hugo John Baring (b. 1970) ****** (10) Francis Baring (b. 1999) ****** (11) Jim Baring (b. 2003) ****** (12) William Ajax Baring (b. 2004)

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