John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke
John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke Francis Baring.
Career at Barings
At the age of twenty, John left Cambridge to join the family firm. After a few years learning the basics in the counting house, he was sent on an extensive tour of North and South America to learn first-hand about Barings' international interests and meet the people he would later be dealing with. He became a partner in January 1890, less than a year before Barings nearly collapsed in the
First World War
, Barings’ prestige had been fully restored under his leadership. During the War, Revelstoke was closely concerned with raising finance for the Imperial Russian government.
Outside Appointments
Revelstoke held numerous appointments outside the firm. He was a director of the
Minister Plenipotentiary as British financial representative at the Allied Conference in Petrograd in 1917; and a British representative to the Committee of Experts on German Reparations in 1929. He died shortly before the end of the negotiations on German Reparations held in Paris, leading to an adjournment of these.[1]
Personal life
Revelstoke lived at 3
Nancy Langhorne (later Nancy Astor). Upon his death, his title passed to his younger brother Cecil
, who was also a partner in the family banking firm for many years.
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References
- ISBN 9788423427871.
- ^ Burke's Peerage. 1959.
External links
- P. Ziegler, The Sixth Great Power: The House of Barings, 1762–1929 (1988)
- The Baring Archive
- Newspaper clippings about John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW
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