Mark Baring, 8th Baron Ashburton

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The Lord Ashburton
Born
Mark Francis Robert Baring

(1958-08-07) 7 August 1958 (age 65)
Predecessor John 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.

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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]

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References

  1. Baring, John Francis Harcourt, Webb-site Who's Who.
  2. 1 2 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 by Baron Ashburton
2nd creation
2020–present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Frederick Baring