Charles Baring
Charles Thomas Baring (1807-1879) was an English bishop, noted as an evangelical.
Life
He was Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, then Bishop of Durham from 1861 to 1879. He came into conflict with High Church clergy.[1] He suspended Francis Grey, rector of Morpeth, for wearing a stole of which he disapproved.[2]
Family
His father was Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet. Thomas Baring was his son.[3]
References
- Mandell Creighton, ‘Baring, Charles Thomas (1807–1879)’, rev. H. C. G. Matthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004