The Earl of Cromer | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
as a hereditary peer 16 March 1991 –11 November 1999 | |
Preceded by | The 3rd Earl of Cromer |
Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
Personal details | |
Born | Evelyn Rowland Esmond Baring 3 June 1946 |
Occupation | Peer,businessman |
Evelyn Rowland Esmond Baring,4th Earl of Cromer (born 3 June 1946),styled Viscount Errington from 1953 to 1991,is a British peer and businessman. He was managing director of Inchcape (China) Ltd. and a director of Schroder Asia Pacific Fund PLC. As Earl of Cromer,he was a member of the House of Lords from 1991 to 1999.
The son of Rowland Baring,3rd Earl of Cromer,and his wife EsméMary Gabrielle Harmsworth,a daughter of Esmond Harmsworth,2nd Viscount Rothermere,he was educated at Eton College. [1] He was managing director of Inchcape (China) Ltd. between 1979 and 1994 and a director of Schroder AsiaPacific Fund plc between 1995 and 2003. [2]
In 1991 he succeeded his father as Earl of Cromer,Viscount Errington,Viscount Cromer,and Baron Cromer. [1] As a member of the House of Lords from 1991 to 1999,he is not recorded as having ever spoken there. [3]
On 25 October 1971,Baring married firstly Plern Isangkul Na Ayuddya,a daughter of Dr. Charanpat Isangkul Na Ayuddya. They were divorced in 1992. In 1993 he married secondly Shelley Hu Cheng-Yu,daughter of Hu Guo-qin,with whom he has two children. They were divorced in 2019. [2]
In 2022 he married Jiraporn Buengman.[ citation needed ] As of 2024,he lived in Bangkok. [4]