William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
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The Right Honourable The Lord Ashburton PC DL FRS |
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| Paymaster-General | |
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In office 1 March 1845 – February 1846 |
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| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel |
| Preceded by | Sir Edward Knatchbull |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
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| Born | June 1799 |
| Died | 23 March 1864 (aged 64) The Grange, Hertfordshire |
| Nationality | British |
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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 |
Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton PC DL FRS (William Bingham Baring; June 1799 – 23 March 1864) was a British businessman and a Whig politician who later became a Tory.
Baring was the eldest son of Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton and his wife Anne Louisa, daughter of William Bingham. He was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he graduated in classics in 1821. He received a Master of Arts in 1836 and a Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law in 1856.
Baring sat as Member of Parliament for Thetford between 1826 and 1830 and 1841 and 1848, for Callington between 1830 and 1831, for Winchester between 1832 and 1837 and for Staffordshire North between 1837 and 1841. He was elected as a Whig in 1832 and 1835, and from 1837 as a Tory. He served under Sir Robert Peel as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control from 1841 to 1845 and as Paymaster-General, with a seat in the Cabinet, from 1845 to 1846. In 1845 he was sworn of the Privy Council. In 1848 he succeeded his father in the barony and entered the House of Lords.
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