Francis Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook

(Redirected from Francis George Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook) British politician

The Right HonourableThe Earl of Northbrook
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 1880–1885Serving 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
Died	12 April 1929(1929-04-12) (aged 78)
Political party	Liberal, Liberal Unionist
Spouses	Ada Ethel Sophie Davidson (m. 1894; died 1894) Florence Anita Coote Abercromby (m. 1899)
Parent(s)	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.

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

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. He disagreed with William Ewart Gladstone over Irish Home Rule and later represented Biggleswade as a Liberal Unionist from 1886 to 1892.

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

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.

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.

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

References

^ "Northbrook, Earl of (UK, 1876 - 1929)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
^ Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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
"Northbrook, Baron (UK, 1866)". cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 14 July 2020.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Viscount Francis Baring
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages
Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded byWilliam Barrow Simonds Arthur Robert Naghten	Member of Parliament for Winchester 1880–1885 With: Richard Moss	Succeeded byArthur Loftus Tottenham
Preceded byCharles Magniac	Member of Parliament for Biggleswade 1886–1892	Succeeded byGeorge W. E. Russell
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byThomas George Baring	Earl of Northbrook 1904–1929	Extinct
Preceded byThomas George Baring	Baron Northbrook 1904–1929	Succeeded byFrancis Arthur Baring

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