Francis Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton

The Lord Ashburton
The Right Honourable; The Lord Ashburton; DL
	17 March 1900 in Service Dress, 2nd Lieutenant, Hampshire (Carabiniers) Yeomanry
Personal details
Born	Francis Denzil Edward Baring; 20 July 1866
Died	27 March 1938 (aged 71); At sea, aboard RMS Queen Mary
Spouse(s)	Mabel Edith Hood; (m. 1889; died 1904); Frances Donnelly; (m. 1906; his death 1938)
Children	Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton
Mother	Hon. Leonora Caroline Digby
Father	Alexander 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]

Hon. Venetia Marjorie Mabel Baring (1890–1937), a Maid of Honour to Queen Mary.
Hon. Aurea Versa Baring (1891–1975), who married Maj. Charles Balfour, a grandson of Mark McDonnell, 5th Earl of Antrim.[2]
Hon. Angela Mildred Baring (1893–1995), who died unmarried.
Hon. Violet Alma Madeline Baring (1895–1924), who died unmarried.
Alexander Francis St. Vincent Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton (1898–1991), who married Doris Harcourt, the eldest daughter of Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt.[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

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
"Ashburton, Baron (UK, 1835)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 11 December 2019.
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.
"No. 26143". The London Gazette. 13 March 1891. p. 1412.
"Lady Ashburton aka Mabel Edith Hood". V&A. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
""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.

External links

Hansard.millbanksystems.org
Baringarchive.org.uk
"Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton" at The Peerage

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

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[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

[BaronAshburton-2] "Ashburton, Baron (UK, 1835)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 11 December 2019.

[1938Obit-3] 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.

[1906Wedding-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.