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Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton

1799 - 1864

This person is the subject of ongoing research. We have started by researching their relationship to the enslavement of people.

Biographical notes

Businessman and politician.

National Gallery Trustee (1850–?1864).

Slavery connections

Son of Alexander Baring (q.v.).

Abolition connections

No known connections with abolition.

Bibliography

W. P. Courtney, 'Baring, William Bingham, second Baron Ashburton', in C. Matthew et al. (eds), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford 1992-, https://doi.org/10.1093/odnb/9780192683120.013.1386
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M. Escott, 'BARING, William Bingham (1799-1864), of Buckenham House, Brandon, Norf. and 12 Great Stanhope Street, Mdx', in History of Parliament Trust (ed.), The History of Parliament: British Political, Social & Local History, London 1964-, 1820-1832, https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/baring-william-1799-1864
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J. Turner et al. (eds), Grove Art Online, Oxford 1998-, https://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/
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UCL Department of History (ed.), Legacies of British Slave-ownership, London 2020, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/
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