Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet (12 June 1772 – 3 April 1848), was a British banker and

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Early life

Baring was born on 12 June 1772. A member of the

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, he was the eldest son of Harriet (

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Herring) Baring and

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet (18 April 1740 – 11 September 1810) was an English merchant banker, a member of the Baring family, later becoming the first of the Baring baronets. Early life He was born at Larkbeare House near Exeter, son ...

, founder of

Barings Bank Barings Bank was a British merchant bank based in London, and one of England's List of oldest banks in continuous operation, oldest merchant banks after Berenberg Bank, Barings' close collaborator and German representative. It was founded in 1762 ...

. His grandfather, John (Johann) Baring, had emigrated from Germany and established the family in England. His maternal grandfather was merchant William Herring of Croydon and among his mother's family was her cousin,

Thomas Herring Thomas Herring (169323 March 1757) was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1747 to 1757. Early life and education He was the son of John Herring, rector of Walsoken in Norfolk, who had previously been vicar of Foxton, near Cambridge, and his wife, ...

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Career

From 1790 and 1801, he worked with the

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. Thomas became a partner in Baring Brothers & Co. in 1804, remaining until 1809. Upon his father's death in, 1810, he succeeded

. After his early career with the bank, Sir Thomas was elected a British

for the constituencies of

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and

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until 1831. From 1832 to 1833 he was the chairman of the

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. He was president of the

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and Director of the

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. In June 1841, he was elected a

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Personal life

On 3 September 1794, he married Mary Ursula Sealy (1774–1846) in

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. Mary was the daughter of Charles Sealy. Together, they were the parents of four sons and five daughters, including: * Francis Baring (1796–1866), who married Jane Grey, fifth daughter of Hon.

Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, (10 October 1767 – 3 October 1828) was a British Royal Navy officer and a scion of the noble House of Grey. He served with the Royal Navy from the age of 14 and was on active service from 1781 to 1804, during the l ...

. After her death, he married Lady Arabella Howard, second daughter of

Kenneth Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham Kenneth Alexander Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham, (29 November 1767 – 13 February 1845) was a British peer and soldier. Background and early life His father, Henry Howard (14 January 1736 – 10 September 1811), was the son of Lieut ...

. * Thomas Baring (1799–1873), a banker and MP for

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and

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. * John Baring (1801–1888), who married Charlotte Amelia Porcher, daughter of Reverend George Porcher. * Mary Ursula Baring (–1812), who died in childhood. * Charlotte Baring (1805–1871), who married Reverend William Maxwell du Pré, brother of

Caledon Du Pré Caledon George Du Pré (28 March 1803 – 7 October 1886) was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1839 to 1874. Du Pré was the son of James Du Pré of Wilton Park Estate, Beaconsfield, and his wife Madel ...

, MP. *

Charles Baring Charles Thomas Baring (11 January 1807 – 14 September 1879) was an English bishop, noted as an Evangelical. Early life, family and education Baring was born into the Baring banking family on 11 January 1807, the fourth son of Sir Thomas Bari ...

(1807–1879), who became the

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‘Baring, Charles Thomas (1807–1879)’
rev. H. C. G. Matthew, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'',

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, 2004. * Lydia Dorothy Baring (–1812), who died young. * Frances Baring (1813–1850), who married

Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton Henry Labouchere, 1st Baron Taunton, PC (; 15 August 179813 July 1869) was a prominent British Whig and Liberal Party politician of the mid-19th century. Background and education Labouchere was born in Over Stowey, Somerset, into a Huguenot me ...

. On 3 April 1848, aged 75, he died at his residence Stratton Park House, East Stratton,

. He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son who was later raised to the peerage in 1866 as

Baron Northbrook Baron Northbrook, of Stratton in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1866 for the Liberal politician and former Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet. The holders ...

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