The Lord Ashburton | |
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Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
In office 12 May 1848 – 23 March 1864 | |
Preceded by | The 1st Baron Ashburton |
Succeeded by | The 3rd Baron Ashburton |
Paymaster General | |
In office 1 March 1845 – February 1846 | |
Monarch | Queen Victoria |
Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel |
Preceded by | Sir Edward Knatchbull |
Succeeded by | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Personal details | |
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | June 1799
Died | The Grange, Hampshire | 23 March 1864 (aged 64)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Whig (to 1837) Tory from 1837 |
Spouse(s) | (1) Lady Harriet Montagu m. 1823; d. 1857 (2) Louisa Stewart-Mackenzie m. 1858; wid. 1864 |
Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton, PC, DL, FRS (June 1799 – 23 March 1864), was a British businessman and a Whig politician who later became a Tory.[1]