12th Jun 1772 - 3rd Apr 1848
Counterclaimed unsuccessfully for Eliza Edgar's share of the compensation on Osborne's in St George, Jamaica.
Member of the Baring banking family (brothers included Alexander and Henry; uncle to William Bingham, Francis, Francis Thornhill, and Henry Bingham) though did not have direct involvement in the business after 1809. Writer for the East India Co., and working in India, 1790-1798. Hampshire landowner (9,000 acres). In favour of abolition of slavery, according to the History of Parliament; pro-Catholic Relief, supported Sadler's poor bill 1831. Married Mary Ursula Sealy, daughter of Charles Sealy, a barrister of Calcutta, at Calcutta, 13/09/1794.
Father of Thomas Baring (q.v.).
T71/869 no. 278; Letter T71/1607 Stokes & co. 19/03/1838: lawsuit from Sir Thomas Baring v Eliza Edgar for her compensation money.
See biography in D. R. Fisher (ed.), The House of Commons 1820-1832 (7 vols., Cambridge, Cambridge University Press for the History of Parliament Trust, 2009), vol. 4.
See separate entry for Thomas Baring.
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Absentee?
British/Irish
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Name in compensation records
Sir Thomas Baring
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Spouse
Mary Ursula Sealy
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Children
4 sons, 5 daughters
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School
Private: E. Florijn, Amsterdam
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Occupation
Landowner
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Religion
Anglican (evangelical)
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£2,613 8s 3d
Unsuccessful claimant (Mortgagee)
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£1,690 19s 10d
Claimants in List E or Chancery cases
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Commercial (1) |
Partner
Baring Brothers
Merchant Banker notes → Partner...
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Imperial (1) |
East India Company
Administrative
notes → Writer for the East India Co., and working in India,...
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Physical (1) |
Country house
Stratton Park [Purchased]
description → The photograph was taken c. 1867 by Winchester photographer William Savage (1817-87) and is found in an album of his work.
From the Winchester Museums Collection Object number:...
notes → Built on the site of a grange of Hyde Abbey after the dissolution of the monasteries; purchased with the manor of Micheldever in 1546 by Thomas Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton. The last...
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Political (1) |
MP
Whig
election →
Wycombe Buckinghamshire
1806 - 1832 election →
Hampshire Hampshire
1832 |
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Brothers
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Brothers
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Uncle → Nephew
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Father → Son
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Father → Son
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Son → Father
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21 Devonshire Place, London, Middlesex, London, England
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Stratton Park, East Stratton, Hampshire, Wessex, England
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1761 - ????
"Free quadroon woman" and mother of eleven children; independently wealthy, perhaps through legacies left her by her partners James Tierney (died 1784) and Ebenezer Robertson (died 1825).
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
© Copyright Legacies of British Slavery - UCL Department of History 2024
CITING THIS RECORD:
'Sir Thomas Baring 2nd Bart.', Legacies of British Slavery database, http://wwwdepts-live.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/1813221728 [accessed 5th November 2024].
