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Encyclopedia > Baron Northbrook

Baron Northbrook, of Stratton in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1866 for the Liberal politician Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, 3rd Baronet, of Larkbeer. The Baronetcy had been created in 1793 for the prominent banker and politician Francis Baring, founder of Barings Bank. The second Baron Northbrook was created Viscount Baring, of Lee in the County of Kent, and Earl of Northbrook, in the County of Southampton. However, these title became extinct on the death of the second Earl, while the Baronetcy and Barony devolved on his cousin. The Peerage of the United Kingdom comprises most peerages created in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland after the Act of Union in 1801. ... Barings Bank, previously known as Baring Brothers & Co. ...

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Baronets of Larkbeer (1793)

1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Francis Baring (18 April 1740 – 11 September 1810) was an English merchant, banker and politician who founded Barings Bank – once Britains oldest bank. ... Events May 31 - Friedrich II comes to power in Prussia upon the death of his father, Friedrich Wilhelm I. October 20 - Maria Theresia of Austria inherits the Habsburg hereditary dominions (Austria, Bohemia, Hungary and present-day Belgium). ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1772 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (1796-1866) was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ...

Barons Northbrook (1866)

1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (1796-1866) was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell. ... 1796 was a leap year starting on Friday. ... 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, 2nd Baron Northbrook (22 January 1826 - 15 November 1904), English statesman, eldest son of the 1st Baron. ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Earls of Northbrook (1876)

1876 is a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Thomas George Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, 2nd Baron Northbrook (22 January 1826 - 15 November 1904), English statesman, eldest son of the 1st Baron. ... 1826 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1904 is a leap year starting on a Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Barons Northbrook (1866; Reverted)

  • Francis Arthur Baring, 4th Baron Northbrook (1882-1947)
  • Francis John Baring, 5th Baron Northbrook (1915-1990)
  • Francis Thomas Baring, 6th Baron Northbrook (b. 1954)

There is no heir to the Barony. The heir to the Baronetcy is the present holder's kinsman Peter Baring (b. 1939). 1866 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


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Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (1796-1866), Statesman (97 words)
Northbrook is seated on the Whig benches close to the Speaker.
An MP from 1826, he served as Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1839-41, under Melbourne, and first Lord of the Admiralty, 1849-52, under Lord John Russell.
National Portrait Gallery, St Martin's Place, London WC2H 0HE.
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