Mark Baring, 8th Baron Ashburton

Mark Francis Robert Baring, 8th Baron Ashburton (born 17 August 1958), known as the Honourable Mark Baring from 1991 to 2020, is a British businessman and a member of the Baring family.

The Right Honourable

The Lord Ashburton
Born
Mark Francis Robert Baring

(1958-08-07) 7 August 1958
PredecessorJohn Baring
Spouse
  • Miranda Caroline Wright
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    (m. 1983)​
Children
  • Aurea Baring
  • Frederick Baring
  • Patrick Baring
  • Flora Baring
Parents

Background and education

Baring is the second child, and elder son, of John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton,[1] and his first wife, Susan Renwick,[2] daughter of Robert Renwick, 1st Baron Renwick. His parents divorced in 1984. He succeeded as Baron Ashburton on his father's death on 6 October 2020.[3]

Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, and Mary Ethel Burns, granddaughter of Junius Spencer Morgan and niece of American banking magnate J. P. Morgan, were his great-grandparents through his paternal grandmother, Doris, Baroness Ashburton (née Harcourt).

Career

Baring currently holds five active directorships.[4]

Marriage and children

Baring married Miranda Caroline Wright (born 1961) on 29 October 1983.[2] They have four children:[5]

  • Aurea Rose Baring (born 1988)
  • Frederick Charles Francis Baring (born 1990, heir apparent)
  • Patrick Robin John Baring (born 1995)
  • Flora Baring (born 1997)

References
  1. Baring, John Francis Harcourt, Webb-site Who's Who.
  2. Ashburton, Baron (UK, 1835), cracroftspeerage.co.uk.
  3. Ashburton
  4. Mark Francis Robert Baring, beta.companieshouse.gov.uk.
  5. Baring, Mark Francis Robert, Webb-site Who's Who.
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