Francis Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook

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The Earl of Northbrook
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Caricature of "Winchester" by "Spy" (Leslie Ward), published in Vanity Fair in 1883.
Member of Parliament for Biggleswade
In office
1886–1892
Preceded by Charles Magniac
Succeeded by George W. E. Russell
Member of Parliament for Winchester
In office
1880–1885
Serving with Richard Moss
Preceded by William Barrow Simonds
Arthur Robert Naghten
Succeeded by Arthur Loftus Tottenham
Personal details
Born Francis George Baring
(1850-12-08)8 December 1850
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Political party Liberal, Liberal Unionist
Spouse(s) Ada Ethel Sophie Davidson
(m. 1894; d. 1894)
Florence Anita Coote Abercromby
(m. 1899)
Parents Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook
Elizabeth Harriett Sturt
Education Eton College

Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook (8 December 1850 – 12 April 1929), styled Viscount Baring from 1876 to 1904, was a British politician.

Early life

Northbrook was the eldest and only surviving son of Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, and his wife Elizabeth Harriett Sturt, daughter of Henry Charles Sturt and sister of Henry Sturt, 1st Baron Alington. His sister, Lady Jane Emma Baring, was the second wife of Col. Hon. Sir Henry George Lewis Crichton, third son of John Crichton, 3rd Earl Erne.[1]

He was educated at Eton and later served in the Rifle Brigade and in the Grenadier Guards.[2]

Career

Between 1873 and 1876 he was aide-de-camp to his father, the Viceroy of India. In 1880, he entered the House of Commons for Winchester as a Liberal, a seat he held until 1885. He supported the Ilbert Bill arguing that racial disqualifications for judicial offices were "a grave political evil" that intensified racial antagonisms.[3] He disagreed with William Ewart Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and later represented Biggleswade as a Liberal Unionist from 1886 to 1892.[2]

In 1904, he succeeded his father in the earldom and entered the House of Lords.[2]

Personal life

On 26 June 1894, Lord Northbrook married firstly Ada Ethel Sophie, daughter of Col. Cuthbert Davidson CB, and former wife of Ian Robert James Murray Grant of Glenmoriston. She died suddenly only a month after their marriage.[1]

He married secondly Florence Anita, daughter of Eyre Coote and widow of Sir Robert John Abercromby, 7th Baronet, in 1899. There were no children from either marriage.[1]

Lord Northbrook died in April 1929, aged 78, when the viscountcy of Baring and earldom became extinct.[1] He was succeeded in his junior title of Baron Northbrook and in the Baring Baronetcy by his half-first cousin, Francis Arthur Baring.[4] The Countess of Northbrook, who was appointed a CBE, died in December 1946, aged 85.[1]

References

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  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.[page needed]
  3. ↑ Baring, Francis. "Indian Criminal Procedure Bill: Speech of the Earl of Northbrook in Colston Hall, Bristol on the 13th of November, 1883" (1883). London: The National Press Agency, Limited. pp. 14–15
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Winchester
1880–1885
With: Richard Moss		 Succeeded by
Arthur Loftus Tottenham
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Biggleswade
1886–1892		 Succeeded by
George W. E. Russell
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl of Northbrook
1904–1929		 Extinct
Baron Northbrook
1904–1929		 Succeeded by
Francis Arthur Baring
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