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Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer

Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer

British diplomat and courtier

Rowland Thomas Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer, GCB, GCIE, GCVO, PC, ADC (29 November 1877 – 13 May 1953), styled Viscount Errington between 1901 and 1917, was a British diplomat and courtier.

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Career

King George V about to disembark from the Royal Navy flotilla leader Whirlwind at Calais, 5 August 1918. With him are Lieutenant-General George Fowke, the Adjutant-General of the British Expeditionary Force; Arthur Bigge, 1st Baron Stamfordham; Lieutenant-General Joseph Asser; Major Edward Thompson, the aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; Lieutenant Gush RN; and Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer.

Baring was a member of the Baring family and the son of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer.

He was appointed to the Diplomatic Service as a Third Secretary in July 1902.[1]

During the First World War he served as a subaltern in the Grenadier Guards. From 1922 to 1938 he was Lord Chamberlain of the Household.

Family

Lord Cromer married Lady Ruby Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, daughter of Gilbert Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto, on 4 April 1908. They had three children:

Media depictions

In the 2005 film Mrs Henderson Presents, Cromer is portrayed by actor Christopher Guest. In the Downton Abbey 2013 Christmas Special, he is portrayed, wearing Order of the Garter insignia despite not having been a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter, by the series' historical consultant, Alastair Bruce.

References

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    "No. 27473". The London Gazette. 12 September 1902. p. 5887.
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