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Thomas George Baring | |
Son of Rt Hon. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, Bt (First naval lord 18 Jan 1849 - 2 Mar 1852). |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Event |
22 January 1826 | | Born |
1846 | | Graduated from Christ Church, Oxford |
6 September 1848 | | Married Elizabeth Harriet, daughter of Henry Charles Sturt of Crichel |
July 1852 | | Stood unsuccesfully as Liberal M.P. voor Penryn |
1854 | | Captain, Hampshire Yeomanry Cavalry |
185? | | Private secretary to Henry Labouchere at Board of Trade |
185? | | Private secretary to Sir George Grey at Home Office |
185? | | Private secretary to Sir Charles Wood at India Board |
8 March 1855 | 30 April 1857 | Private secretary to Sir Charles Wood, First Lord of the Admiralty |
27 March 1857 | 15 October 1865 | M.P. (liberal) voor Penrhyn and Falmouth |
30 May 1857 | 8 March 1858 | Commissioner of the Admiralty (Civil Lord) |
June 1859 | January 1861 | Parliamentary Under Secretary for India |
January 1861 | July 1861 | Under Secretary for War |
1864 | | Parliamentary Under Secretary for the Home Department |
30 April 1866 | 16 July 1866 | First Secretary of the Admiralty |
6 September 1866 | | Succeeded his father as 2nd Baron Northbrook |
1868 | 1872 | Under Secretary for War |
February 1872 | 1876 | Viceroy and Governor General of India (resigned in protest against the British belicosity towards Russia) |
10 June 1876 | | Created 1st Earl of Northbrook and Viscount Baring |
13 May 1880 | 2 July 1885 | First Lord of the Admiralty in Gladstone's administration |
1899 | | High Steward of Winchester |
1900 | | Lord-lieutenant of Hampshire |
15 November 1904 | | Died |
His second son, Arthur, drowned when serving as a midshipman in Captain when she foundered in the Bay of Biscay, 6 September 1870. |
Literature: (DNB; Stenton). |