Mark Baring

Sir Mark Baring, KCVO (9 June 1916 – 6 February 1988) was a British hospital administrator, financial services executive and public servant.

Born on 9 June 1916, Baring was the younger son of the Hon. Windham Baring and his wife Lady Gweneth, née Ponsonby (later Cavendish), daughter of the 8th Earl of Bessborough. His father, who died aged only 42 in 1922, was the son of the 1st Earl of Cromer (a distinguished colonial administrator) and younger brother of the 2nd Earl (who was Lord Chamberlain); among other business interests, he was the managing director of the bank Messrs Baring Brothers and Company. Mark Baring attended Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge, before serving in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War. After the war, he spent a year as the Military Liaison Officer in Rome before retiring from the military in 1946.

From 1950 to 1976, Baring was the managing director of the discount brokerage Seccombe Marshall and Campion Ltd. In 1970, Baring was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order; He ceased to be executive chairman in 1986 and afterwards served as vice president until his death. He died on 6 February 1988.