Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke

Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (13 April 1828 – 17 July 1897), was a British banker.

Early life A member of the Baring banking family, "Ned" Baring was born on 13 April 1828. He was the second son of Henry Baring from his second marriage, to Cecilia Anne (née Windham). His younger brother was Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer. From his father's first marriage, his elder half-brother was Henry Bingham Baring, an MP Callington who married Lady Augusta Brudenell, a daughter of Robert Brudenell, 6th Earl of Cardigan.

Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet was his grandfather and among his extended family were several uncles: Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet and Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (who married Ann, another Bingham daughter).

Career Baring in 1882 became senior partner in the family banking firm of Baring Brothers and Co until forced to step down following the Baring crisis 1890. Edward's younger brother Thomas also became a partner in the bank.

He was also a Director of the Bank of England (1879–1891), chairman of Lloyds (1887–1892) and a Lieutenant of the City of London. On 30 June 1885 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Revelstoke, of Membland in the County of Devon.

The town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada was renamed in his honour, commemorating his role in securing the financing necessary for completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Hon. Everard Baring (1865–1932), a Brig.-Gen. who served as Military Secretary to the Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905. He married Lady Ulrica Duncombe, fourth daughter of William Duncombe, 1st Earl of Feversham in 1904.

In popular culture Appears as a minor character in the historical-mystery novel Stone's Fall, by Iain Pears. Appears as a minor character in the historical-mystery novel The Last Days of Night, by Graham Moore. Appears in the Nightmare Song, from Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe, when the Lord Chancellor sings that "The shares are a penny and ever so many are taken by Rothschild and Baring"

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