The Right Honourable

The Lord Ashburton
Born
Mark Francis Robert Baring

(1958-08-07) 7 August 1958 (age 65)
PredecessorJohn Baring
Spouse
  • Miranda Caroline Wright
    ​
    ​
    (m. 1983)​
Children
  • Aurea Baring
  • Frederick Baring
  • Patrick Baring
  • Flora Baring
Parents

Mark Francis Robert Baring, 8th Baron Ashburton (born 17 August 1958), known as the Honourable Mark Baring from 1991 to 2020, is a British businessman and a member of the Baring family.

Background and education

Baring is the second child, and elder son, of John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton,[1] and his first wife, Susan Renwick,[2] daughter of Robert Renwick, 1st Baron Renwick. His parents divorced in 1984. He succeeded as Baron Ashburton on his father's death on 6 October 2020.[3][better source needed]

Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, and Mary Ethel Burns, granddaughter of Junius Spencer Morgan and niece of American banking magnate J. P. Morgan, were his great-grandparents through his paternal grandmother, Doris, Baroness Ashburton (née Harcourt).

Marriage and children

Baring married Miranda Caroline Wright (born 1961) on 29 October 1983.[2] They have four children:[4]

References

  1. ^ Baring, John Francis Harcourt, Webb-site Who's Who.
  2. ^ a b Ashburton, Baron (UK, 1835), cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
  3. ^ "Ashburton". Archived from the original on 10 October 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
  4. ^ Baring, Mark Francis Robert, Webb-site Who's Who.
Peerage of the United Kingdom Preceded byJohn Baring Baron Ashburton 2nd creation2020–present IncumbentHeir apparent:Hon. Frederick Baring


Categories