Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton

Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (20 May 1800 – 6 September 1868)^[1] was a British peer Whig and later Tory politician.

He was elected at the 1830 general election as a Whig Member of Parliament (MP) for the borough of Thetford in Norfolk,^[2] and held the seat until the 1831 election, which he did not contest.^[2] He was re-elected in 1832 as a Tory,^[3] and held the seat as a Conservative until the 1841 general election, which he did not contest.^[3]

He was returned again for Thetford at a by-election in August 1848,^[3] and held the seat until his resignation through appointment as Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 30 November 1857.^[4]

Baring succeeded to the barony in 1864, on the death of his brother, Bingham Baring, becoming the 3rd Baron Ashburton.

He was the father of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton and Hon. Marie Anne Louise Baring (wife of William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton), by his French wife Claire Hortense Maret de Bassano (c. 1812-1882).

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 1)
^ ^a ^b Stooks Smith, Henry. (1973) [1844-1850]. Craig, F. W. S.. ed. The Parliaments of England (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 228. ISBN 0-900178-13-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 305. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ Department of Information Services (14 January 2010). "Appointments to the Chiltern Hundreds and Manor of Northstead Stewardships since 1850". House of Commons Library. http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons/lib/research/briefings/snpc-04731.pdf. Retrieved 13 August 2010.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Bingham Baring Lord Charles FitzRoy	Member of Parliament for Thetford 1830 – 1831 With: Lord James FitzRoy	Succeeded by Alexander Baring Lord James FitzRoy
Preceded by Alexander Baring Lord James FitzRoy	Member of Parliament for Thetford 1832 – 1841 With: Lord James FitzRoy to 1834 Earl of Euston (1) from 1834	Succeeded by Bingham Baring Earl of Euston (1)
Preceded by Earl of Euston (2) Hon. Bingham Baring	Member of Parliament for Thetford 1848–1857 With: Earl of Euston (2)	Succeeded by Earl of Euston (2) Alexander Baring
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Bingham Baring	Baron Ashburton 1864–1868	Succeeded by Alexander Hugh Baring