Francis Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton

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The Right Honourable

The Lord Ashburton

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Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton (1866-1938).jpg
17 March 1900 in Service Dress, 2nd Lieutenant, Hampshire (Carabiniers) Yeomanry
Personal details
Born
Francis Denzil Edward Baring

(1866-07-20)20 July 1866
Died27 March 1938(1938-03-27) (aged 71)
At sea, aboard RMS Queen Mary
Spouse(s)
Mabel Edith Hood
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(m. 1889; died 1904)​

Frances Donnelly
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(m. 1906; his death 1938)​
ChildrenAlexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton
MotherHon. Leonora Caroline Digby
FatherAlexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton

Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton, DL (20 July 1866 – 27 March 1938) was a British peer and politician.

Early life[]

Baring was the son of Alexander Hugh Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton, a Member of Parliament for Thetford, and the Hon. Leonora Caroline Digby.[1] He had four younger brothers: Capt. Hon. Frederick Arthur Baring, Hon. Alexander Henry Baring, Lt. Col. Hon. Guy Baring, MP for Winchester, and Hon. Caryl Digby Baring (who married Olive Alethea Smith, daughter of Hugh Colin Smith).[2]

His maternal grandparents were Edward Digby, 9th Baron Digby and the former Lady Theresa Fox-Strangways (eldest daughter of Henry Fox-Strangways, 3rd Earl of Ilchester). His paternal grandparents were MP Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton and Hortense Maret (a daughter of Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano, the 12th Prime Minister of France).[2] Through his father's family, he was a member of the German Baring family and a descendant of American statesman William Bingham.[3]

Career[]

He succeeded to the title of 5th Baron Ashburton, of Ashburton, Devon, on 18 July 1889 and took his seat in the House of Lords. He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Hampshire Yeomanry (Carabiniers).[2]

In 1891, Baring was appointed to be a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of Southampton.[4]

Personal life[]

On 25 July 1889, he was married to Hon. Mabel Edith Hood,[5] at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England. Mabel was the eldest daughter of Francis Hood, 4th Viscount Hood and the former Edith Lydia Drummond Ward. Before her death, they were the parents of four daughters and one son:[2]

After the death of his first wife in 1904, he married the American actress Frances Donnelly, whose stage name was "Frances Belmont," on 19 February 1906. Frances, one of the original "Florodora" sextet of 1901, was a daughter of James Caryll Donnelly of New York.[6]

One of Britain's foremost yachtsman, Lord Ashburton died of a heart attack aboard the RMS Queen Mary on 27 March 1938.[3] His widow died on 31 March 1959.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 42
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g "Ashburton, Baron (UK, 1835)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (28 March 1938). "BARON ASHBURTON DIES WHILE AT SEA; Noted Yachtsman -Succumbs to Heart Attack on Way From New York to England LADY ASHBURTON WITH HIM He Belonged to Baring Family of Bankers-Ancestor Signed the Ashburton Treaty" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
  4. ^ "No. 26143". The London Gazette. 13 March 1891. p. 1412.
  5. ^ "Lady Ashburton aka Mabel Edith Hood". V&A. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
  6. ^ ""FLORODORA" GIRL A PEERESS; Frances Belmont Becomes the Bride of Lord Ashburton in Paris" (PDF). The New York Times. 20 February 1906. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Alexander Baring 		Baron Ashburton
1889–1938 		Succeeded by
Alexander Baring
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