William Bingham Baring PC (1798 - 1864)

Born 9 Jun 1798 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet Mary (Montagu) Baring — married 12 Apr 1823 in Dover Street, St. George Hanover Square, London, England

Husband of Louisa Caroline (MacKenzie) Baring — married 17 Nov 1858 in Bath House, Piccadilly, London, England

Descendants

Died 23 Mar 1864 at age 65 in The Grange, Alresford, Hampshire, England

Biography

Bingham Baring PC is Notable.

Bingham Baring was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

William Bingham BARING, second Baron Ashburton (1799–1864), was born in Philadelphia, USA, in June 1799, the eldest son of Alexander Baring, first Baron Ashburton (1773–1848), and his wife, Ann Louisa Bingham (d. 1848), of Philadelphia.
He enjoyed a moderately successful political career. Educated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated BA in 1821 (MA 1836), he was MP for Thetford (1826–30), Callington (1830–31), Winchester (1832–7), North Staffordshire (1837–41), and Thetford again (1841–8), before succeeding to the peerage in 1848. He began as a whig, moving progressively towards the Conservative Party. He served as secretary to the Board of Control under Peel from 1841 until February 1845, and then as paymaster-general until July 1846. He was elected FRS in 1854, was made a commander of the Légion d'honneur in 1855, and was president of the Royal Geographical Society from 1860 to 1862.
Deeply shy, his character contrasted dramatically with those of both his wives. The year after Harriet's death, Ashburton married, on 17 November 1858, Louisa Caroline (1827–1903), daughter and heir of James Alexander Stewart-Mackenzie [see Baring, Louisa Caroline]. The second Lady Ashburton was also a significant patron of the arts. Ashburton died at The Grange, Alresford, on 23 March 1864, leaving a daughter from his second marriage.

Sources

• O.D.N.B.
• The Peerage.com
• The Canterbury Association: William Bingham Baring
• "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2NLG-TT3 : 31 December 2014), William Bingham Baring (Baron Ashburton), 1864; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Alresford, Hampshire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
• "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HHN2-D86Z : 15 February 2020), William Baring, 1799.
• Hampshire Gardens Trust. Bay House School
• History of Parliament online 1820-1832: BARING, William Bingham (1799-1864), of Buckenham House, Brandon, Norf. and 12 Great Stanhope Street, Mdx