Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook

Francis Thornhill Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, PC FRS (20 April 1796 – 6 September 1866), known as Sir Francis Baring, 3rd Baronet, from 1848 to 1866, was a British Whig politician who served in the governments of Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell.

The Right Honourable
The Lord Northbrook
Bt PC FRS
Chancellor of the Exchequer
In office
26 August 1839  30 August 1841
MonarchVictoria
Prime MinisterThe Viscount Melbourne
Preceded byThomas Spring Rice
Succeeded byHenry Goulburn
First Lord of the Admiralty
In office
1849  28 February 1852
Preceded byThe Earl of Auckland
Succeeded byThe Duke of Northumberland
Financial Secretary to the Treasury
In office
6 June 1834  14 November 1834
Preceded byThomas Spring Rice
Succeeded byVacant
In office
21 April 1835  26 August 1839
Preceded bySir Thomas Fremantle
Succeeded byRobert Gordon
Personal details
Born(1796-04-20)20 April 1796
Calcutta, India
Died6 September 1866(1866-09-06) (aged 70)
Micheldever, Hampshire
NationalityBritish
Political party
  • Liberal
  • Whig (before 1859)
Spouses
  • Jane Grey
    (m. 1825; died 1838)
  • Lady Arabella Howard
    (m. 1841)
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
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