Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
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- Alexander Baring
- Lord James Fitzroy
The Lord Ashburton | |
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| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 23 March 1864 – 6 September 1868 | |
| Preceded by | The 2nd Baron Ashburton |
| Succeeded by | The 4th Baron Ashburton |
| Member of Parliament for Thetford | |
| In office 1830–1831 | |
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| Member of Parliament for Thetford | |
| In office 1832–1841 | |
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| In office 1848–1857 | |
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| Born | 22 May 1800 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | 6 September 1868 (aged 68) |
| Party | Tory |
| Other political affiliations | Whig |
| Children | Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton |
Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (22 May 1800[1] – 6 September 1868), was an American-born British politician and peer.[2]
He was born in Philadelphia, United States, the second son of Alexander Baring and Ann Louisa Bingham, the daughter and coheiress of the wealthy William Bingham of Blackpoint, Philadelphia, a U.S. senator. He was the younger brother of Bingham Baring. Francis was educated privately and at Geneva and in 1817 joined Baring Brothers, the family bank. After successfully travelling on business to North America and the West Indies he was made a quarter share partner in the bank in 1823.[3]
However, after unfortunate financial speculations in Mexican land and in the French sugar market, he was demoted to a non-executive director in 1828 and in 1830 was given his brother's Parliamentary seat for Thetford.
Political career
He was elected at the 1830 general election as a Whig MP for the borough of Thetford in Norfolk,[4] and held the seat until the 1831 election, which he did not contest.[4] He was re-elected in 1832 as a Tory,[5] and held the seat as a Conservative until the 1841 general election, which he did not contest.[5]
He was returned again for Thetford at a by-election in August 1848,[5] and held the seat until his resignation through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 30 November 1857.[6]
Baring succeeded to the barony in 1864 on the death of his brother, Bingham Baring, becoming the 3rd Baron Ashburton.
