American-born British peeress
Ann Louisa Baring, Baroness Ashburton
(
nee
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
.
Early life
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Ann Louisa Bingham 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, Count of Tilly. Afterwards she married Anne Louisa's brother-in-law,
Henry Baring
. After their divorce in 1824, she married the Marquess of Blaisel in 1826.
[2]
Personal life
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On 23 August 1798, Ann was married to
Alexander Baring
(1774?1848), a son of Harriet Herring and
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet
.
[3]
Among his siblings were
Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet
and
Henry Baring
(an
MP
for
Bossiney
[4]
and
Colchester
),
[5]
His father, alongside his uncle
John Baring
, established the London merchant house of John and Francis Baring Company, which eventually became
Barings Bank
.
[6]
Together, Ann and Alexander had nine children:
[7]
- Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
(1799?1864), who married Lady Harriet Montagu, eldest daughter of
George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich
.
[8]
- Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton
(1800?1868), who married Hortense Maret (
c.
1812
?1882), daughter of
Hughes-Bernard Maret, 1st Duke of Bassano
,
Prime Minister of France
.
- Hon. Harriet Baring (1804?1892), married
Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath
.
[9]
- Hon. Rev. Frederick Baring (1806?1868), Rector of
Itchen Stoke
, married Frederica Ashton on 24 April 1831.
[7]
- Hon. Anne Eugenia Baring (d. 1839), married
Humphrey St John-Mildmay
.
[7]
- Alexander Baring (1810?1832), who died on board
HMS
Alfred
in the Mediterranean.
[7]
- Hon. Arthur Baring (1818?1838), who died unmarried.
[7]
- Hon. Louisa Emily Baring (d. 1888)
[7]
- Hon. Lydia Emily Baring (d. 1868)
[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
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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, she was a grandmother of
Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton
(1835?1889), and Hon. Maria Anne Louisa Baring (1833?1928), who married
William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton
.
[12]
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