Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton, DL (20 July 1866 – 27 March 1938), was a British peer and politician.

Early life

Baring was the son of

Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton Alexander Hugh Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton, (4 May 1835 – 18 July 1889) was a British landowner and Conservative Party politician. Early life Baring was the son of Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (1800–1868), and his wife Hortense Euge ...

, a

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for

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, and Leonora Caroline Digby. He had four younger brothers: Capt. Frederick Arthur Baring, Alexander Henry Baring, Lt. Col.

Guy Baring Guy Victor Baring (26 February 1873 – 15 September 1916) was a British Army officer and politician. He became a Conservative member of the British House of Commons but was one of 22 Members killed in action in the First World War. Backgroun ...

, MP for

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, and Caryl Digby Baring (who married Olive Alethea Smith, daughter of

Hugh Colin Smith Hugh Colin Smith (31 October 1836 – 8 March 1910) was an English banker who was Governor of the Bank of England from 1897–99. Early life Smith was born in London, the son of John Abel Smith (1802–1871), Member of Parliament for Chichester ...

). His maternal grandparents were

Edward Digby, 9th Baron Digby Edward St Vincent Digby, 9th Baron Digby (21 June 1809 – 16 October 1889), also 3rd Baron Digby in the Peerage of Great Britain, was a British peer. Biography Digby was the son of Admiral Sir Henry Digby, who fought at the Battle of Trafalgar ...

, and the former Lady Theresa Fox-Strangways (eldest daughter of

Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester Henry Stephen Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester, PC (21 February 1787 – 8 January 1858), styled Lord Stavordale from birth until 1802, was a British peer and Whig politician. He served as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard under Lord Melb ...

). His paternal grandparents were MP

Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (20 May 1800 – 6 September 1868) was a British peer Whig and later Tory politician. Early life He was born in Philadelphia, United States, the second son of Alexander Baring and Ann Louisa, the daughter and ...

, and Hortense Maret (a daughter of

Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano Hugues-Bernard Maret (, 1 May 1763 – 13 May 1839), 1st Duke of Bassano (''Duc de Bassano''), was a French statesman, diplomat and journalist. Biography Early career Maret was born in Dijon, in the province of Burgundy, as the second son o ...

, the 12th

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). Through his father's family, he was a member of the German

Baring family The Baring family is a German and British family of merchants and bankers. In Germany, the family belongs to the ''Bildungsbürgertum'', and in England, it belongs to the aristocracy. History The family's earliest known ancestor is Peter Baring ...

and a descendant of American statesman

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Career

He succeeded to the title of

Baron Ashburton Baron Ashburton, of Ashburton, Devon, Ashburton in the County of Devon, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since 1835, the title has been held by members ...

, of Ashburton, Devon, on 18 July 1889 and took his seat in the

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. He was an officer in the

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(

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s), where he was appointed a

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on 17 August 1901, promoted to

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on 6 December 1902, and ended as

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. In 1891, Baring was appointed to be a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Southampton.

Personal life

On 25 July 1889, he was married to Mabel Edith Hood, at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England. She was the eldest daughter of Francis Hood, 4th Viscount Hood, and the former Edith Lydia Drummond Ward. Before her death, they were the parents of four daughters and one son: * Venetia Marjorie Mabel Baring (1890–1937), a

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to Queen Mary. * Aurea Versa Baring (1891–1975), who married Maj. Charles Balfour, a grandson of

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. * Angela Mildred Baring (1893–1995), who died unmarried. * Violet Alma Madeline Baring (1895–1924), who died unmarried. * Alexander Francis St. Vincent Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton (1898–1991), who married Doris Harcourt, the eldest daughter of

Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt Lewis Vernon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt (born Reginald Vernon Harcourt; 31 January 1863 – 24 February 1922), was a British Liberal Party politician who held the Cabinet post of Secretary of State for the Colonies from 1910 to 1915. Lord ...

. After the death of his first wife in 1904, he married the American actress Frances Donnelly, whose stage name was "Frances Belmont", on 19 February 1906. Frances, one of the original "

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" sextet of 1901, was a daughter of James Caryll Donnelly of New York. One of Britain's foremost yachtsmen, Lord Ashburton died of a heart attack aboard the on 27 March 1938. His widow died on 31 March 1959.

References

External links

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