Henry Baring
Henry Baring | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Colchester | |
| In office 1820–1826 Serving with James Beckford Wildman | |
| Preceded by | James Beckford Wildman Daniel Whittle Harvey |
| Succeeded by | Daniel Whittle Harvey Sir George Smyth, Bt |
| Member of Parliament for Bossiney | |
| In office 1806–1807 Serving with James Stuart-Wortley | |
| Preceded by | James Stuart-Wortley George Peter Holford |
| Succeeded by | James Stuart-Wortley Peter Thellusson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 January 1777 |
| Died | 13 April 1848 (aged 71) |
| Spouse(s) |
Cecilia Anne Windham
(after 1825) |
| Relations | See Baring family |
| Children | Henry Bingham Baring Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer |
| Parent(s) | Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet Harriet Herring |
| Residence(s) | Cromer Hall, Norfolk |
Henry Baring (18 January 1777 – 13 April 1848) was a British banker and politician. He was the third son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, the founder of the family banking firm that grew into Barings Bank. His grandfather Johann Baring emigrated from Germany and established the family in England.
Early life
Henry Baring was a member of the Baring family, and the third of five sons of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, and Harriet, daughter of William Herring. Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet, and Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, were his elder brothers.[1]
Career
Henry, along with his older brothers Thomas and Alexander, became partners in the firm in 1804. Less interested in banking than his brothers, Henry retired from partnership in 1823. He also sat as Member of Parliament for Bossiney from 1806 to 1807,[2] and for Colchester from 1820 to 1826.[3]
Henry was a "staunch friend" of British abolitionists, who sought to abolish the slave trade.[4] Despite this, he was a slaveowner, and whe slavery was abolished in the 1833, Henry was compensated £3,421 for the emancipation of over 2,000 slaves on his Spring Garden estate in Guiana.[5]
Personal life
Baring was twice married. He married firstly Maria Matilda Bingham, daughter of U.S. Senator William Bingham (his brother Alexander also married a Bingham daughter) and former wife of James Alexander, Comte de Tilly, in 1802. They had three sons and two daughters.
He divorced Maria in 1824, and married Cecilia Anne Windham, daughter of Vice-Admiral William Lukin Windham, in 1825, through which marriage Cromer Hall came into the family.[citation needed] They had at least seven sons and one daughter. Several of his children and descendants gained distinction. His eldest son from his first marriage, Henry Bingham Baring, was a politician, father of Lieutenant-General Charles Baring and grandfather of Sir Godfrey Baring, 1st Baronet. His second son from his second marriage was Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, whose fifth son was the man-of-letters Maurice Baring. His sixth son from his second marriage was Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer. Baring died in April 1848. His second wife died in October 1874, aged 71.[1]
References
- ^ a b thepeerage.com Henry Baring
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Bodmin to Bradford East". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Clonmel to Cork County West". Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
- ^ The History of Parliament https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/baring-henry-1777-1848 Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- ^ Legacies of British Slave-ownership University College of London https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/-1404878394 Retrieved 25 May 2020.
- Ziegler, Philip (1988). The Sixth Great Power: Barings 1762–1929. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-217508-8.
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