John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton

Lord Ashburton in the robes of a Knight Companion of the Order of the Garter

John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton, KG KCVO DL (born 2 November 1928) is a British merchant banker and former chairman of British Petroleum (BP). Lord Ashburton also sat on the boards of Jaguar Cars, Dunlop Rubber and Royal Insurance.

Family

He was the oldest son of Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton, KG, and Doris Mary Thérèse Harcourt.

His maternal grandparents were Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, and Mary Ethel Burns, daughter of Walter Hayes Burns of New York City.

Marriages and children

First marriage

On 25 November 1955, Baring married Susan Mary Renwick. She was a daughter of Robert Renwick, 1st Baron Renwick, and his first wife Dorothy Mary Parkes. They had four children:

Lord Ashburton and his first wife received a divorce in 1984.

Second marriage

Following his divorce, Lord Ashburton remained single for three years. In 1987, he married Sarah Cornelia Spencer-Churchill, a daughter of John George Spencer-Churchill and Angela Mary Culme-Seymour. Her paternal grandparents were John Strange Spencer-Churchill and Lady Gwendoline Theresa Mary Bertie. John Strange Spencer-Churchill was a son of Lord Randolph Churchill and his wife Jennie Jerome. He was also a brother of Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. The second Lady Ashburton is a director of Borderline and has three children from a previous marriage. These are Peregrine Crewe, Emma Crewe (married to Nicholas Vester, they have two children Cleo and Scarlet) and Bel Crewe (who has two children Jack Badger and Molly Megan).

Lord Ashburton has no children from his second marriage.

Career

Lord Ashburton received his education at Eton College and Trinity College, Oxford.

He has served in the board of directors of several companies. The following list may not be complete:

Titles and honours

He succeeded to the Barony of Ashburton on 12 June 1991, and became a Knight of the Garter in 1994 - one of the rare cases where both father and son were appointed to this Order.

Ancestry

Arms

Arms of John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton
Notes
Baron since 1991
Coronet
A coronet of a Baron
Crest
A five rays star Erminois between two wings Argent.
Torse
Mantling Or and Azure.
Escutcheon
Azure a fess Or charged with a cross patée fitché in chief a head of bear proper and muzzled and gorged Or.
Supporters
On either side a bear proper muzzled gorged Or, a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or, the bear charged on the shoulder with a cross patée fitchée also Or.
Motto
VIRTUS IN ARDUIS
Latin: Fortitude under difficulties
Orders
The Order of the Garter circlet.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. , Ashburton Baron (UK, 1835), Cracroft's Peerage [Altered tinctures]. Retrieved 19 December 2013
  2. Image of correct arms (right) St George's Chapel. Retrieved 19 December 2013
  3. House of Baring. European Heraldry [Correct tinctures]. Retrieved 19 December 2013
  4. Crest of the Baron Ashburton. Heraldic Sculptor. Retrieved 19 December 2013

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Court offices
Preceded by
Nicholas Henderson
Lord Warden of the Stannaries
1990–1994
Succeeded by
The Earl Peel
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Alexander Baring
Baron Ashburton
1991–present
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. Mark Baring
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