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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 29. Chapters: Barings Bank, Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton, Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, Maurice Baring, Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, Rowland Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer, Giles Baring, Baring family properties, Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton, John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton, Guy Baring, Henry Baring, Francis Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook, Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet, Francis Baring, 6th Baron Northbrook, John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke, Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton, Henry Bingham Baring, Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, Thomas "Tom" Baring, Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, Charles Baring, Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer, Charles Baring, 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale, James Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke, Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton, Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton. Excerpt: Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet (18 April 1740 - 12 September 1810) was an English merchant banker, later becoming the first of the Baring Baronets. He was born at Larkbeare House near Exeter, son of John Baring (1697-1748) and his wife, Elizabeth Baring nee Vowler (1702-1766), daughter of a prosperous Exeter dry goods wholesaler (at that time called a grocer). in 1762 Francis Baring, in partnership with his brother John, established the London merchant house of John and Francis Baring Company, which by 1807 had evolved into Baring Brothers & Co.. Despite being partially deaf from an early age, Francis did very well and, by the mid-1790s, had the full confidence of the British Parliament. Baring's father emigrated from Bremen, Germany in 1717 and settled at Exeter, where he became a leading wool manufacturer and textile merchant. His premature death in 1748 resulted in...
