Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton

Francis Denzil Edward Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton, (20 July 1866 – 27 March 1938), was a British peer and politician.

Early life Baring was the son of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton, a Member of Parliament for Thetford, and Leonora Caroline Digby. He had four younger brothers: Capt. Frederick Arthur Baring, Alexander Henry Baring, Lt. Col. Guy Baring, MP for Winchester, and Caryl Digby Baring (who married Olive Alethea Smith, daughter of Hugh Colin Smith). Through his father's family, he was a member of the German Baring family and a descendant of American statesman William Bingham. and ended as major.

Personal life On 25 July 1889, he was married to Mabel Edith Hood, at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England. She was the eldest daughter of Francis Hood, 4th Viscount Hood, and the former Edith Lydia Drummond Ward. Before her death, they were the parents of four daughters and one son:

One of Britain's foremost yachtsmen, he commissioned the luxury steam yacht Venetia in 1893. The ship was sold to Whittaker Wright in 1898 and renamed Sybarite nd to Cornelius Vanderbilt in 1902 who renamed her the North Star. She was requisitioned by the British Navy in WW1 and converted into a hospital ship.

Lord Ashburton died of a heart attack aboard the on 27 March 1938. His widow died on 31 March 1959.