Elizabeth Baring (1702 – 1766) was an English merchant.

Early Life

Born Elizabeth Vowler, she married the German immigrant

Johann Baring John Baring (born Johann Baring; 15 November 1697 – ) was a German-born British merchant. Born in the Duchies of Bremen and Verden, he subsequently emigrated to the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1717 as the apprentice of a wool merchant. His dec ...

, who founded a successful wool trade business which became one of the major companies in the British wooling industry.

Career

She took over the company after the death of her spouse in 1748. She managed it with success and was described as an intelligent woman with a good sense of business, and was among the more successful businesswomen in Britain at the time. Her company grew to become one of the largest in Britain and the foundation of what was later to become the

Barings Bank Barings Bank was a British merchant bank based in London. It was one of England's oldest merchant banks after Berenberg Bank, Barings' close collaborator and German representative. It was founded in 1762 by Francis Baring, a British-born member ...

Personal life

Elizabeth and Johann Baring had five children: * John Baring (1730–1816), who in partnership with his younger brother Francis, established the London merchant house of ''John and Francis Baring Company'', which eventually became

* Thomas Baring (1733–1758) *

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet (18 April 1740 – 11 September 1810) was an English merchant banker, a member of the Baring family, later becoming the first of the Baring baronets. Early life He was born at Larkbeare House near Exeter, son ...

(1740–1810), who in partnership with his elder brother John, established the London merchant house of ''John and Francis Baring Company'', which eventually became

* Charles Baring (1742–1829), 4th son, of Courtland,

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, Devon, who married Margaret Gould (1743–1803), daughter and eventual heiress in her issue of William Drake Gould (1719–1767) of

Lew Trenchard Lewtrenchard is a village and civil parish in the West Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Most of the larger village of Lewdown is in the parish. In the Domesday Book of 1086, a manor of Lew is recorded in this area and two rivers h ...

. * Elizabeth Baring (1744–1809) who in 1780 married John Dunning (1731–1783) of Ashburton, Devon, MP for Calne, who in 1782 was created

Baron Ashburton Baron Ashburton, of Ashburton in the County of Devon, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since 1835, the title has been held by members of the Baring fam ...

References

18th-century English businesswomen 1702 births 1766 deaths

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Businesspeople from Exeter 18th-century English merchants {{England-business-bio-stub