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Baron Ashburton, of Ashburton in the County of Devon, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of Great Britain and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Since 1835, the title has been held by members of the Baring family.

History

The first creation came in the Peerage of Great Britain 1782 in favour of the barrister and Whig politician Sir John Dunning. This creation became extinct in 1823 on the death of his son Richard, the second Baron.

The title was revived in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1835 for the financier and Tory politician Alexander Baring. He was the first cousin of the last holder of the 1782 creation. A member of the distinguished Baring family, Lord Ashburton was the second son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, the uncle of Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, and Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, and the great-uncle of Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook, and Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale.

Lord Ashburton was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He held office in the second Tory administration of Sir Robert Peel. His younger brother, the third Baron, represented Thetford in the House of Commons. The town of Ashburton, New Zealand, is named after him. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the fourth Baron, who also sat as Member of Parliament for Thetford. His son, Francis Baring, succeeded as the fifth Baron in 1889. The fifth Baron was married twice; his second wife, Frances Donnelley, having been one of Broadway's celebrated Florodora sextet in New York. His only son, Alexander Baring, the sixth Baron, was a member of the Hampshire County Council and Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire.

As of 2020, the title is held by the latter's grandson, the eighth Baron. His father, the seventh Baron, was a prominent businessman. As a descendant of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, the eighth Baron is also in remainder to that title, which is now held by his kinsman, the Lord Northbrook.

Both the 6th and the 7th Barons were appointed Knights of the Garter.

The Hon. Guy Baring, younger son of the fourth Baron, was a soldier and Conservative politician. His son Giles Baring was a successful cricketer.

The family seat is The Grange, near Northington, Hampshire.

Barons Ashburton, first creation (1782)

• John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783)
  • Hon. John Dunning (1781–1783)
• Richard Barré Dunning, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1782–1823)

Coat of arms

• Arms: Bendy sinister of eight or and vert, overall a lion rampant sable.
• Crest: On a wreath, an antelope's head couped proper, attired, or.
• Supporters: Two antelopes proper, attired, hoofed, and charged on the breast with an acorn slipped proper, and gorged with collars, bendy of eight, or and vert.
• Motto: Studiis et rebus honestis ("for studies and other honest pursuits")

Barons Ashburton, second creation (1835)

• Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774–1848)
• (William) Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799–1864)
• Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (1800–1868)
• Alexander Hugh Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835–1889)
• Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton (1866–1938)
• Alexander Francis St Vincent Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton (1898–1991)
• John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton (1928–2020)
• Mark Francis Robert Baring, 8th Baron Ashburton (b. 1958)

The heir apparent is the present holder's son, the Hon. Frederick Charles Francis Baring (born 1990).

Coat of arms

• Arms: Azure, on a fess or a cross pattée fitchée of the first in chief a bear's head couped proper muzzled and gorged of the second.
• Crest: A five rays star Erminois between two wings Argent.
• Supporters: On either side a bear proper muzzled gorged Or, a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or, the bear charged on the shoulder with a cross patée fitchée also Or.
• Motto: Virtus in arduis ("fortitude under difficulties")

Title succession chart

Wider family tree

Line of succession

See also

• Baron Northbrook
• Baron Revelstoke
• Earl of Cromer
• Baron Howick of Glendale

Notes

1. Montague-Smith, P. W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, p. 82.
2. Here shown erased. Bear's head shown couped on the Banner of Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton (died 1991), KG, in Winchester Cathedral.
3. , Ashburton Baron (UK, 1835), Cracroft's Peerage . Retrieved 19 December 2013.
4. Image of correct arms (right) St George's Chapel Archived 30 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
5. House of Baring Archived 11 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine. European Heraldry . Retrieved 19 December 2013.
6. Crest of the Baron Ashburton. Heraldic Sculptor. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

References

• Kidd, Charles (1903). Debrett's peerage, baronetage, knightage, and companionage. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 102. Archived from the original on 20 June 2016. John Debrett Alt URL
• Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 63.
• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

External links

• "Baring" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). 1911.

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The Prince Regent	Churchill Harris
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Queen Victoria	Rossmore^• Carew^• de Mauley Wrottesley Sudeley Methuen Stanley of Alderley^• Leigh Monteagle of Brandon Campbell Vivian Congleton Eddisbury^• Londesborough de Freyne Raglan Belper Chesham Churston Leconfield Lyveden Brougham and Vaux Westbury Annaly Northbrook Hartismere^• Hylton Penrhyn O'Neill Napier of Magdala Dunning^* Acton Wolverton O'Hagan Sandhurst Ettrick^* Aberdare Moncreiff Coleridge Cottesloe Hampton Harlech Tollemache Gerard Sackville Norton Trevor Ampthill Derwent Hothfield Tennyson Strathspey Monk Bretton Northbourne Northington^• Rothschild Revelstoke Monkswell Ashbourne St Oswald Montagu of Beaulieu Elphinstone^* Hindlip Grimthorpe Kensington^• Hamilton of Dalzell St Levan Basing de Ramsey Addington Savile Ashcombe Crawshaw Amherst of Hackney Newton Dunleath Swansea Aldenham HolmPatrick Burton Glanusk Cranworth Avebury Killanin Strathcona and Mount Royal
King Edward VII	Kinross Shuttleworth Grenfell Redesdale Burnham Biddulph Ritchie of Dundee Hemphill Joicey Nunburnholme Swaythling Blyth Marchamley Gorell Fisher Kilbracken
King George V	Hardinge of Penshurst de Villiers Glenconner Aberconway Merthyr Rowallan Ashton of Hyde Ravensdale Hollenden Parmoor Cunliffe Wrenbury Faringdon Shaughnessy Rathcreedan Somerleyton Carnock Beaverbrook Gainford Forteviot Colwyn Gisborough Morris Cawley Terrington Glenarthur Phillimore Inverforth Sinha Cochrane of Cults Clwyd Russell of Liverpool Swinfen Meston Cullen of Ashbourne Trevethin Glendyne Manton Forres Vestey Borwick Maclay Bethell Hunsdon Darling Banbury of Southam Merrivale Bradbury Mereworth^• Greenway Hayter Cornwallis Daresbury Wraxall Remnant Moynihan Craigmyle Dulverton Luke Alvingham Baden-Powell Ponsonby of Shulbrede Dickinson Noel-Buxton Howard of Penrith Rochester Selsdon Moyne Davies Rankeillour Brocket Milne Rennell Mottistone Iliffe Palmer Rockley Elton Wakehurst Hesketh Tweedsmuir Wigram Riverdale May Kennet Strathcarron
King Edward VIII	Catto
King George VI	Windlesham Mancroft McGowan Denham Rea Cadman Kenilworth Pender Roborough Brassey of Apethorpe Stamp Bicester Milford Hankey Harmsworth Rotherwick Glentoran Tryon Croft Teviot Nathan Reith Kindersley Ironside Latham Wedgwood Geddes Bruntisfield Brabazon of Tara Keyes Hemingford Moran Killearn Dowding Gretton Westwood Hazlerigg Hacking Chetwode Sandford Altrincham Broadbridge Mountevans Lindsay of Birker Piercy Chorley Calverley Tedder Colgrain Darwen Lucas of Chilworth Shepherd Newall Oaksey Rugby Layton Simon of Wythenshawe Kershaw Trefgarne Crook Amwell Milverton Clydesmuir Burden Haden-Guest Silkin§ Hives Ogmore Morris of Kenwood Macpherson of Drumochter Kenswood Freyberg Milner of Leeds Kirkwood Wise
Queen Elizabeth II	Jeffreys Rathcavan Baillieu Grantchester Coleraine Harvey of Tasburgh Gridley Strathalmond Strathclyde Clitheroe McNair Colyton Astor of Hever Sinclair of Cleeve Bridges Norrie Birkett Harding of Petherton Poole Rootes Netherthorpe Crathorne Spens MacAndrew Nelson of Stafford Howick of Glendale Sanderson of Ayot Cobbold Robertson of Oakridge Marks of Broughton Fairhaven Leighton of St Mellons Brain Aldington Inchyra Silsoe Egremont Thomson of Fleet Martonmere Sherfield Inglewood Glendevon Grimston of Westbury Renwick St Helens Margadale
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