Evelyn Baring, 4th Earl of Cromer
British peer and businessman (born 1946)
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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.
3 June 1946
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 [a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Evelyn Rowland Esmond Baring 3 June 1946 |
| Spouse(s) |
Plern Isangkul Na Ayuddya
(m. 1971; div. 1992)Shelley Hu Cheng-Yu
(m. 1993; div. 2019)Jiraporn Buengman (m. 2022) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent |
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| Occupation | Peer, businessman |
Background
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:
- Alexander Rowland Harmsworth Baring, Viscount Errington (born 1994)
- Lady Venetia Baring (born 1998)
Baring and Hu were divorced in 2019.[2] In 2022 Baring married Jiraporn Buengman.[citation needed] As of 2024, he lived in Bangkok.[4]
Notes
- Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.