Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook

The Lord Northbrook
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
26 August 1839 – 30 August 1841
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Melbourne
Preceded byThomas Spring Rice
Succeeded byHenry Goulburn
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
1849 – 28 February 1852
Preceded byThe Earl of Auckland
Succeeded byThe Duke of Northumberland
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
6 June 1834 – 14 November 1834
Preceded byThomas Spring Rice
Succeeded byVacant
In office
21 April 1835 – 26 August 1839
Preceded bySir Thomas Fremantle
Succeeded byRobert Gordon
Personal details
Born(1796-04-20)20 April 1796
Calcutta, India
Died6 September 1866(1866-09-06) (aged 70)
Micheldever, Hampshire
NationalityBritish
Political party
Spouses
  • Jane Grey
    (m. 1825; died 1838)
  • Lady Arabella Howard
    (m. 1841)
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford

Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, PC FRS (20 April 1796 – 6 September 1866), known as Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet, from 1848 to 1866, was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell.