Guy Baring
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The Hon. Guy Victor Baring MP (26 February 1873 to 15 September 1916), was a Conservative member of the British Parliament and one of the few politicians killed in action in the First World War.
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[edit] Background
Baring was a member of the Baring family of Barings Bank, a younger son of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835–1889) and his wife the Hon. Leonora Caroline Digby.
[edit] Career
He was the Member of Parliament for Winchester from 1906 onwards, and during the Great War commanded the first Brigade of the Coldstream Guards until his death in action on 15 September 1916.
[edit] Family
Baring married Olive Althea Smith in 1903, and they had six children, including the cricketer Giles Baring. Their great grand-children include the actress Rachel Ward and the actress and environmentalist Tracy Worcester.
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| Preceded by William Myers |
Member of Parliament for Winchester 1906–1916 |
Succeeded by Douglas Carnegie |
[edit] References
- Guy Victor Baring at thepeerage.com
- Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition (1999), volume 1, page 120
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