James Cecil Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke (16 August 1938 – 7 February 2012) was a

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Early life

He was the second son of

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 ...

, and the former Hon. Flora Fermor-Hesketh (a daughter of the 1st Baron Hesketh). His great-grandfather was financier Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke of Membland (1828–1897). His half-sisters, by a later marriage of his mother to Lt.-Cdr. Derek Lawson, are Arabella Ann Spurrier (née Lawson), born 14 August 1946, and Caroline Flora Turner (née Lawson), born 23 September 1953. He was educated at

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, Eton, Berkshire.

Career

From 1957 until 1959, Baring served in the National Service in the

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, thereafter moving to London, where he lived until 1970. He summered on

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, located in the

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. While in London, he bought the Regent Sound Studios located in London’s Tin Pan Alley and served as manager for the studio. At the studio,

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recorded their first album, the self-titled ''

'' album, as well as

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who recorded some tracks, including a song for their '' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band'' album.

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, Tom Jones, and

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all recorded in the studio. The studio was also used by those working in London’s West End theatre district, preparing songs for musical productions.

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, who composed the music for ''

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'', spent considerable time arranging the music for the production at the studio. He succeeded his brother, John Baring, 5th Baron Revelstoke, born 2 December 1934, in 2003.

Personal life

In 1968, he married Aneta Laline Dennis Fisher. They had two sons: * Alexander Rupert Baring, born 9 April 1970, currently the 7th Baron Revelstoke. * Thomas James Baring, born 4 December 1971. In 1983, after his divorce from Aneta, he married Sarah Stubbs in 1983. Before their divorce, they had two daughters: * Flora Aksinia Baring, born 17 July 1983, who worked at Hamish Dewar in London * Miranda Louise Baring, born 1 May 1987, who studied the keyboard and vocals at the London School of Contemporary Music He died aged 73 on 7 February 2012 and was succeeded by his son Alexander Rupert Baring.

Arms

References

External links

His Thoughts and MusingsPhotograph with his children
{{DEFAULTSORT:Revelstoke, James Baring, 6th Baron 1938 births 2012 deaths Barons in the Peerage of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College

James Baring James Cecil Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke (16 August 1938 – 7 February 2012) was a Peerage of the United Kingdom, British peer. Early life He was the second son of Rupert Baring, 4th Baron Revelstoke, and the former Hon. Flora Fermor-Hesketh ...