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Ann Baring, Baroness Ashburton

Ann Louisa Baring, Baroness Ashburton (née Ann Louisa Bingham; 6 January 1782 – 5 December 1848) was the wife of Alexander Baring, Lord Ashburton and first child of William Bingham and Ann Willing Bingham.

Early life

Ann Louisa Bingham was born on 6 January 1782, the day before the Bank of North America sold its first charter shares, her father and grandfather working closely with Alexander Hamilton to write the by-laws. Her father was rumored to be the richest man in America after the Revolutionary War.[1]

Her younger sister, Maria Matilda Bingham, married three times. First to French aristocrat, Jacques Alexandre, Count of Tilly. Afterwards she married Anne Louisa's brother-in-law, Henry Baring. After their divorce in 1824, she married the Marquess of Blaisel in 1826.[2]

Personal life

1842 portrait of her husband, Lord Ashburton, by George Peter Alexander Healy

On 23 August 1798, Ann was married to Alexander Baring (1774–1848), a son of Harriet Herring and Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet.[3] Among his siblings were Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet and Henry Baring (an MP for Bossiney[4] and Colchester),[5] His father, alongside his uncle John Baring, established the London merchant house of John and Francis Baring Company, which eventually became Barings Bank.[6] Together, Ann and Alexander had nine children:[7]

In 1835, her husband was created the first Baron Ashburton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[10]

Lord Ashburton died on 12 May 1848 at Longleat, Wiltshire. Lady Ashburton died several months later on 5 December 1848 at Bay House in Gosport.[7]

Descendants

Through her eldest son, she was a grandmother of Hon. Mary Florence Baring (1860–1902), who married William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton.[11] Through her second son, she was a grandmother of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835–1889), and Hon. Maria Anne Louisa Baring (1833–1928), who married William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton.[12]

References

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  6. ^ Debrett's (1916). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. p. 670. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
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  8. ^ "Sandwich, Earl of (E, 1660)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Bath, Marquess of (GB, 1789)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  10. ^ Ashton, Rosemary (2012). Thomas And Jane Carlyle: Portrait of a Marriage. Random House. p. 1906. ISBN 978-1-4481-3704-6. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Northampton, Marquess of (UK, 1812)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  12. ^ "Grafton, Duke of (E, 1675)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.