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William Bingham Baring, 2d Baron Ashburton

1799–1864

Statesman. Conservative MP for North Staffordshire, 1837–41; for Thetford, 1841–8. Succeeded to the peerage in 1848. FRS 1854.

Source

DNB.

Bibliography

DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.

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