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

Early life

Baring was born on 12 June 1772. A member of the Baring family, he was the eldest son of Harriet (

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Herring) Baring and Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, founder of Barings Bank. 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,

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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 Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet. After his early career with the bank, Sir Thomas was elected a British Member of Parliament for the constituencies of

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until 1831. From 1832 to 1833 he was the chairman of the London and South Western Railway. He was president of the London Institution and Director of the British Institution. 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 Calcutta, India. 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. After her death, he married Lady Arabella Howard, second daughter of Kenneth Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham. * Thomas Baring (1799–1873), a banker and MP for Great Yarmouth 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, MP. * Charles Baring (1807–1879), who became the Bishop of Durham. Mandell Creighton
‘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. 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.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Baring, Thomas, 2nd Baronet 1772 births 1848 deaths Thomas Baring 102 Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies UK MPs 1806–1807 UK MPs 1807–1812 UK MPs 1812–1818 UK MPs 1818–1820 UK MPs 1820–1826 UK MPs 1826–1830 UK MPs 1830–1831 UK MPs 1831–1832 Fellows of the Royal Society