Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton

The Lord Ashburton
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
12 May 1848 – 23 March 1864
Preceded byThe 1st Baron Ashburton
Succeeded byThe 3rd Baron Ashburton
Paymaster General
In office
1 March 1845 – February 1846
MonarchQueen Victoria
Prime MinisterSir Robert Peel
Preceded bySir Edward Knatchbull
Succeeded byThomas Babington Macaulay
Personal details
Born(1799-06-00)June 1799
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died(1864-03-23)23 March 1864 (aged 64)
The Grange, Hampshire
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig (to 1837)
Tory from 1837
Spouse(s)(1) Lady Harriet Montagu
m. 1823; d. 1857
(2) Louisa Stewart-Mackenzie
m. 1858; wid. 1864
Alma materOriel 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]

  1. ^ "Baring, William Bingham" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.