Evelyn Baring, 4th Earl of Cromer

The Right Honourable
The Earl of Cromer
The Right Honourable The Earl of Cromer
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	as a hereditary peer; 16 March 1991 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 3rd Earl of Cromer
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Personal details
Born	Evelyn Rowland Esmond Baring; 3 June 1946 (age 77)
Occupation	Peer, businessman

Evelyn Rowland Esmond Baring, 4th Earl of Cromer (born 3 June 1946), styled Viscount Errington from 1953 to 1991, is a British peer and businessman. He was managing director of Inchcape (China) Ltd. and a director of Schroder Asia Pacific Fund PLC. As Earl of Cromer, he was a member of the House of Lords from 1991 to 1999.

The son of Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, and his wife Esmé Mary Gabrielle Harmsworth, a daughter of Esmond Harmsworth, 2nd Viscount Rothermere, he was educated at Eton College.^[1] He was managing director of Inchcape (China) Ltd. between 1979 and 1994 and a director of Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc between 1995 and 2003.^[2]

In 1991 he succeeded his father as Earl of Cromer, Viscount Errington, Viscount Cromer, and Baron Cromer.^[1] As a member of the House of Lords from 1991 to 1999, he is not recorded as having ever spoken there.^[3]

On 25 October 1971, Baring married firstly Plern Isangkul Na Ayuddya, a daughter of Dr. Charanpat Isangkul Na Ayuddya. They were divorced in 1992. In 1993 he married secondly Shelley Hu Cheng-Yu, daughter of Hu Guo-qin, with whom he has two children. They were divorced in 2019.^[2]

In 2022 he married Jira Buengman.^{[citation needed]} As of 2024, he lived in Bangkok.^[4]

Alexander Rowland Harmsworth Baring, Viscount Errington (born 1994)
Lady Venetia Baring (born 1998)

Notes

^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

^ ^a ^b Peter W. Hammond, ed., The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Vol. XIV (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 223.
^ ^a ^b Burke's Peerage, vol. 1 (2003), p. 981.
^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Cromer
^ Earl of Cromer criticises daughter over her Princess Diana claims

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Cromer

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Rowland Baring	Earl of Cromer 1991–present Member of the House of Lords (1991–1999)	Incumbent Heir apparent: Alexander Baring, Viscount Errington

[1] Under the House of Lords Act 1999.

[CP-2] Peter W. Hammond, ed., The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Vol. XIV (Stroud: Sutton Publishing, 1998), p. 223.

[BP2003-3] Burke's Peerage, vol. 1 (2003), p. 981.

[4] Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Cromer

[5] Earl of Cromer criticises daughter over her Princess Diana claims

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