Walter_Baring_(diplomat)
Walter Baring (diplomat)
British diplomat
Walter Baring (22 October 1844 – 3 April 1915) was an English diplomat.
Walter Baring | |
|---|---|
| Minister Resident and Consul-General to Uruguay | |
| In office 1893–1906 | |
| Preceded by | Ernest Mason Satow |
| Succeeded by | Robert Kennedy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1844-10-22)22 October 1844 Cromer Hall, Cromer, Norfolk |
| Died | 3 April 1915(1915-04-03) (aged 70) London, England |
| Spouse |
Ellen Guarracino
(m. 1875; died 1914) |
| Children | Nina Leveson-Gower, Countess Granville Oliver Baring |
| Parent(s) | Henry Baring Cecilia Anne Windham |
Baring was born on 22 October 1844 at Cromer Hall, Cromer, Norfolk into the Baring family.[1] He was the tenth and youngest son of banker and politician Henry Baring and, his second wife, Cecilia Anne Windham.[2] His father was first married, and divorced, to Maria Matilda Bingham (a daughter of U.S. Senator William Bingham who was the former wife of Jacques-Pierre-Alexandre, Comte de Tilly [fr]).[3] Among his siblings were elder half-brother Henry Bingham Baring, MP for Callington and Marlborough, and older full brothers, Edward, raised to the peerage as 1st Baron Revelstoke, and Evelyn, who inherited Cromer Hall and was raised to the peerage as 1st Earl of Cromer, and banker Tom Baring.[4]
His paternal grandparents were Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, and the former Harriet Herring (a daughter of William Herring). His maternal grandparents were Vice-Admiral William Lukin Windham and Anne Thellusson (daughter of Genevan banker Peter Thellusson).[4]
Baring, who was educated at Eton and Oxford,[5] was a member of the Diplomatic Service from 1865 until 1906, culminating with his service as Minister Resident at Montevideo and Consul-General to Uruguay between 1893 and 1906.[1]
In 1875, Baring married Ellen Guarracino (d. 1914), daughter of Frederick Guarracino.[2] Together, they were the parents of:[4]
- Nina Ayesha Baring (1876–1955), who married Granville Leveson-Gower, 3rd Earl Granville, son of Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, in 1900.[4]
- Oliver Baring (1879–1941), who married Phoebe Bonser, a daughter of Sir John Winfield Bonser, in 1906.[4][6]
- Edith Mary Emily Baring (1889–1889), who died young.[4]
His wife died on 21 January 1914 and Baring died in London on 3 April 1915 at age 70.[1]
- "MR. WALTER BARING". The Birmingham Post. 6 Apr 1915. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- Debrett's Peerage, and Titles of Courtesy: In which is Included Full Information Respecting the Collateral Branches of Peers, Privy Councillors, Lords of Session, Etc. Dean. 1921. p. 686. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- Kenyon, Ronald W. (2013). Monville: Forgotten Luminary of the French Enlightenment. Ronald W. Kenyon. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-4811-4829-0. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 2, pp. 2931-2932.
- Wolseley (Viscount), Garnet Wolseley (1991). Cyprus 1878: The Journal of Sir Garnet Wolseley. Cultural Centre of the Cyprus Popular Bank. p. 9. ISBN 978-9963-42-207-4. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- "ABOUT PEOPLE". The Sutton Coldfield News. 17 Mar 1906. Retrieved 3 January 2024.
- Baring family genealogy in The Baring Archive[permanent dead link]
- Baring family portrait collection in The Baring Archive
| Diplomatic posts | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Minister Resident and Consul-General to the Oriental Republic of the Uruguay 1893–1906 |
Succeeded by Robert Kennedy |