Ann Louisa Baring

Anne Louisa Baring, Baroness Ashburton (born Ann Louisa Bingham 6 January 1782 – 5 December 1848) was the wife of Alexander Baring, Lord Ashburton and first child of William Bingham and Ann Willing Bingham.

The Right Honourable

The Lady Ashburton
Personal details
Born
Ann Louisa Bingham

(1782-01-06)6 January 1782
Died5 December 1848(1848-12-05) (aged 66)
Bay House, Gosport
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1798; died 1848)​
RelationsMaria Matilda Bingham (sister)
Children9, including Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton, Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
ParentsWilliam Bingham
Ann Willing Bingham

Early life

Anne Louisa Baring was born on 6 January 1782, the day before the Bank of North America sold its first charter shares, her father and grandfather working closely with Alexander Hamilton to write the by-laws. Her father was rumored to be the richest man in America after the Revolutionary War.[1]

Her younger sister, Maria Matilda Bingham, married three times. First to French aristocrat, Jacques Alexandre, Comte de Tilly. Afterwards she married Anne Louisa's brother-in-law, Henry Baring. After their divorce in 1824, she married the Marquis de Blaisel in 1826.[2]

Personal life
1842 portrait of her husband, Lord Ashburton, by George Peter Alexander Healy.

On 23 August 1798, Ann Louisa was married Alexander Baring (1774–1848), a son of Harriet (née Herring) Baring and Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet.[3] Among his siblings was Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet and Henry Baring (an MP for Bossiney[4] and Colchester),[5] His father and his uncle, John Baring established the London merchant house of John and Francis Baring Company, which eventually became Barings Bank.[6] Together, Ann Louisa and Alexander had nine children:[7]

In 1835, her husband was created the first Baron Ashburton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[10]

Lord Ashburton died on 12 May 1848 at Longleat, Wiltshire. Lady Ashburton died several months later on 5 December 1848 at Bay House in Gosport.[7]

Descendants

Through her eldest son, she was a grandmother of Hon. Mary Florence Baring (1860–1902), who married William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton.[11] Through her second son, he was a grandmother of Hon. Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835–1889), and Hon. Maria Anne Louisa Baring (1833–1928), who married William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton.[12]

References
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  2. "The Peerage, page 1308". August 5, 2015.
  3. Eden, Emily (2012). Miss Eden's Letters. Library of Alexandria. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-4655-7270-7. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
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  5. "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Clonmel to Cork County West". Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  6. Debrett's (1916). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. p. 670. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
  7. "Ashburton, Baron (UK, 1835)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  8. "Sandwich, Earl of (E, 1660)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  9. "Bath, Marquess of (GB, 1789)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  10. Ashton, Rosemary (2012). Thomas And Jane Carlyle: Portrait of a Marriage. Random House. p. 1906. ISBN 978-1-4481-3704-6. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  11. "Northampton, Marquess of (UK, 1812)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  12. "Grafton, Duke of (E, 1675)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited.
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