Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook

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Victoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Melbourne
Preceded byThomas Spring Rice
Succeeded byHenry Goulburn
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
1849 – 28 February 1852
Preceded byThe Earl of Auckland
Succeeded byThe Duke of Northumberland
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
6 June 1834 – 14 November 1834
Preceded byThomas Spring Rice
Succeeded byVacant
In office
21 April 1835 – 26 August 1839
Preceded bySir Thomas Fremantle
Succeeded byRobert Gordon
Personal details
Born(1796-04-20)20 April 1796
Calcutta, India
Died6 September 1866(1866-09-06) (aged 70)
Micheldever, Hampshire
NationalityBritish
Political party
(before 1859)
Spouses
  • Jane Grey
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    ​
    (m. 1825; died 1838)​
  • Lady Arabella Howard
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1841)​
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook,

Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell
.

Early life

A member of the famous Baring banking family, he was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet, and his wife Mary Ursula Sealy, eldest daughter of Charles Sealy.

Baring was educated at

called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn and in 1848, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1]

Political career

Baring entered the

Government Commission upon Emigration, which was wound up in 1832.[2]

He was a

Privy Council and joined the cabinet as Chancellor of the Exchequer, serving until the fall of the Melbourne government in August 1841. He returned to the cabinet in January 1849, replacing Lord Auckland as First Lord of the Admiralty in Russell's cabinet, until its fall in 1852.[3]

Baring was a member of the

Canterbury, New Zealand, and gave £600 for education as a memorial to Charles Buller, who had died in the previous year.[4]

Personal life

Lord Northbrook was twice married. Firstly, on 7 April 1825 at the Dockyard Chapel, Portsmouth, Lord Northbrook married Jane Grey (1804–1838), daughter of the Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, and niece of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. They were the parents of:

Secondly, in 1841 he married Lady Arabella Georgina Howard (1809–1884) at St George's, Hanover Square. Lady Arabella was the second daughter of Kenneth Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham. They were the parents of:

Lord Northbrook died on 6 September 1866, aged 70, and was succeeded by his son from his first marriage,

Earl of Northbrook in 1876. Lady Northbrook died in December 1884, aged 75.[5]

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b c d Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. p. 104.
  2. JSTOR 2337910 – via JSTOR
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  3. ^ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Francis Baring
  4. ^ Blain, Rev. Michael (2007). The Canterbury Association (1848–1852): A Study of Its Members' Connections (PDF). Christchurch: Project Canterbury. pp. 13–14. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  5. ^ "Baring, Francis Thornhill" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
  6. ^ Taylor, Isaac (1898). Names and their histories: a handbook of historical geography and topographical nomenclature (2 ed.). Rivingtons. p. 61.

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With: John Bonham-Carter 1826–1838
Sir George Staunton, Bt 1838–1852
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