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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). | |||
| 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). | |||
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