Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, (20 April 1796 – 6 September 1866), known as Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet, from 1848 to 1866, was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of

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and

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Early life

A member of the famous Baring banking family, he was the eldest son of

Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet (12 June 1772 – 3 April 1848), was a British banker and Member of Parliament. Early life Baring was born on 12 June 1772. A member of the Baring family, he was the eldest son of Harriet (née Herring) Baring an ...

, and his wife Mary Ursula Sealy, eldest daughter of Charles Sealy. Baring was educated at

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and then

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. He obtained a double first class from

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, in 1817, and graduated with a

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four years later. In 1823, he was

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and in 1848, he succeeded his father as baronet.

Political career

Baring entered the

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in 1826, sitting as a

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for

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until his retirement in 1865. A year later, he was raised to the

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as Baron Northbrook. Baring was appointed a

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in 1830, a post he held for the next four years until June 1834. In 1831, Baring was appointed to also serve on the Government Commission upon Emigration, which was wound up in 1832. He was a Secretary to the Treasury until November 1834, executing this office again between 1835 and 1839. Subsequently, Baring was sworn of the

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and joined the cabinet as

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, serving until the fall of the Melbourne government in August 1841. He returned to the cabinet in January 1849, replacing

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in Russell's cabinet, until its fall in 1852. Baring was a member of the

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. He met John Robert Godley on 24 November 1849 to discuss educational matters for the proposed settlement in

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, New Zealand, and gave £600 for education as a memorial to Charles Buller, who had died in the previous year.

Personal life

Lord Northbrook was twice married. Firstly, on 7 April 1825 at the Dockyard Chapel, Portsmouth, Lord Northbrook married Jane Grey (1804–1838), daughter of the Sir George Grey, 1st Baronet, and niece of

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. They were the parents of: * Hon. Mary Baring (d. 1906), who married John Bonham-Carter, son of John Bonham-Carter. * Thomas George Baring (1826–1904), who married Elizabeth Sturt, daughter of

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and sister of Lord Alington. Secondly, in 1841 he married Lady Arabella Georgina Howard (1809–1884) at St George's, Hanover Square. Lady Arabella was the second daughter of Kenneth Howard, 1st Earl of Effingham. They were the parents of: * Hon. Francis Henry Baring (1850–1915), who married Lady Grace Boyle, daughter of

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. Lord Northbrook died on 6 September 1866, aged 70, and was succeeded by his son from his first marriage,

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, who later was created Earl of Northbrook in 1876. Lady Northbrook died in December 1884, aged 75.

Honours

* Baring Bay on western

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in the Canadian Arctic is named in his honour.

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