Baring (family)

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Coat of arms of the Hanoverian barons of Baring
Ancestral coat of arms of the British branch of the Baring family

The Baring family is a German-British merchant and banker family. In Germany the family belongs to the educated bourgeoisie , in the United Kingdom to some extent also to the nobility .

Older line

The oldest known ancestor is Petrus Baring, a citizen of the Dutch city of Groningen around 1500 . His youngest son Franz Baring was 1565–1582 first Lutheran superintendent of Lauenburg / Elbe for Saxony-Lauenburg . Selected family members in the lineage :

  1. Petrus Baring (1483–1532 / 36) ⚭ Everharda N. († 1558), four sons and four daughters, all young †, except for two sons
    1. N. Baring, progenitor of the Luxembourg line, which was almost extinct in the 19th century
    2. Franz Baring (1522–1589), general superintendent in Saxony-Lauenburg ⚭ 1. 1545 Magdalena Tuchters († 1552), three children ⚭ 2. 1554 Margarita Burgstede, seven children
      1. Johann Baring (1545–1603), progenitor of the Hanoverian line
      2. Magdalene Baring (* 1555) ⚭ Jürgen Schumacher, pastor in Lütau
      3. Cäcilie Baring (* 1565), nun in the monastery of the Holy Spirit in Lüneburg
      4. Franz Baring (1570–1627), progenitor of the Bremen line
        1. Johann Baring (1620–1676)
          1. Franz Baring (1656-1697)
            1. Johann Baring (1697–1748), British ast .

Hanoverian line

All known bearers of the name Baring come from this origin. In the Electorate of Hanover , the Barings belonged to the so-called “ pretty families ” from which, in addition to clergy, farmers, domain and monastery tenants, the higher officials and officers used to emerge. Individual family members received the personal nobility with the Guelph Order , shown in italics in the lineage.

  1. Johann Baring (1545–1603), pastor in Artlenburg ⚭ 1571 Anna von Holle († 1627), three sons and a daughter
    1. Eberhard Baring (1572–1626), pastor at the Katharinenkirche (Braunschweig) ⚭ 1. Margarita Ursler, ⚭ 2. Magdalena Meier (1586–1646), nine children
      1. Johann Baring (1604–1637) ⚭ widow Scheele
        1. Johann Matthäus Baring (1638–1664), † in the Turkish War
      2. Nikolaus Baring (1607–1648), pastor at the Marktkirche (Hanover) ⚭ 1635 Sophie Johanna Stucke (1614–1694), six children
        1. Johann Jakob Baring (* 1636), head chef for the Count of Wittgenstein
        2. Johann Henning Baring (1642–1680), superintendent of Ratzeburg
        3. Joachim Georg Baring (1644–1715), progenitor of the 1st main branch
      3. Eberhard Baring (1608–1659), universal scholar ⚭ 1643 Elisabeth von Bestebostel (1615–1680), five children
        1. Joachim Johann Baring (1646–1680), sub- principal of the Hanover School, unmarried
        2. Catharina Maria Baring (1647–1738) ⚭ 1674 Hans Caspar Eccard, head forester . Their ennobled son Johann Georg von Eckhart (1674–1730) was a historian and librarian .
        3. Melchior Lorenz Baring (1650–1691), progenitor of the 2nd main branch
        4. Henning Baring (1653–1693), progenitor of the 3rd main branch
      4. Henning Baring (1611–1681), pastor of Wülfinghausen and Wittenburg ⚭ 1643 Anna Margarete Schönen, five children
        1. Johann Daniel Baring (1644-1717), mayor in Eldagsen ⚭ Anna Margarethe Ebeling
    2. Franz Baring (1578–1625) ⚭ 1603 Margarethe Schiler, six children, the entire family died of the plague
    3. Christoph Baring (1579–1622) ⚭ later wife of Senator Wulfhagen in Hanover, three children

First main branch (Hannoversche Line)

  1. Joachim Georg Baring (1644–1715), Obervoigt in Herzberg am Harz ⚭ 1677 Ilse von Banten, ⚭ 2. Anna Maria Damerow, four children
    1. Johann Nikolaus Baring (1682–1745), court judge and councilor ⚭ 1711 Anna Sophie Hinüber (1693–1767), 13 children
      1. Christian Eberhard Baring (1729–1795), bailiff in Wennigsen (Deister) ⚭ 1763 Dorothee Margarete Brick (1730–1786), two children
      2. Sophia Dorothea Baring (1731–1805) ⚭ August Ulrich Aly (1717–1791), senior bailiff , four children
      3. Karl Anton Philipp Baring (1735–1814), bailiff in Diemarden ⚭ Sophie Ulrike von Westenholz († 1806), 14 children
        1. Eberhard Friedrich Baring (1759–1808), Amtsvoigt in Rotenburg , progenitor of the Lüneburg branch ⚭ Sophie Charlotte Aly (1757–1842), daughter of the chief bailiff August Ulrich Aly, nine children
          1. Karl August Baring (1781–1854), High Court Procurator in Lüneburg ⚭ 1. Sophie Charlotte Bolte (1794–1828), ⚭ 2. Sophie Marie Gesterding (* 1808), seven children
            1. Christian Wilhelm Baring (1817–1864), lawyer, senator in Lüneburg, member of the Progress Party in the 2nd Hanover Chamber ⚭ 1853 Eleonore Sophie Charlotte Görges (1836–1872), three children
              1. Wilhelm August Baring (* 1859), doctor and medical adviser ⚭ 1902 Helene Rickert (* 1870), four children
          2. Friedrich Eberhard Baring (1785–1869), Premier-Lieutenant in the 60th English Light Infantry Regiment ⚭ 1. Mary Elisabeth Hinds (* 1795), ⚭ 2. Sophie Catharina Wilhelmine Greve (* 1808), nine children
            1. Carl Eberhard Baring (* 1825), in Australia since 1863
        2. Dorothea Melusine Baring (* 1766) ⚭ Hermann Wilhelm Hachenburg († 1817), court preacher in Stockholm
        3. Eberhard Baring (1771–1846), captain in the 60th British Line Regiment , progenitor of the Second Branch ⚭ Justine Christine Wilhelmine Becker (1797–1846), nine children
        4. Justus Erich Baring (1774–1843), bailiff in the Mariengarten monastery , progenitor of the Mariengartner branch ⚭ 1796 Sophie Charlotte Schlote (1775–1837), eight children
          1. Carl Theodor Baring (1806–1887), cloister landlord and councilor in Diemarden and Mariengarten ⚭ 1838 Juliane Magdalene Jeanette Louise von Voigt zu Niedern-Jesa (1813–1898), seven children
            1. Ines Baring (* 1847) ⚭ 1878 Oberamtmann Zedelies († 1906) in Mittelhof in Thuringia
            2. Nikolaus Baring (* 1851), councilor in Diemarden and Mariengarten ⚭ 1880 Elfriede Keitel (* 1857), five children
              1. Hedwig Baring (1890–1982) ⚭ 1913 Adolf Rosenbach (1884–1873), Dr. phil. , scientific adviser to the royal amber works in Königsberg (Prussia) , senior government councilor, senate councilor at the Imperial Patent Office , son of Friedrich Julius Rosenbach
          2. Eduard Adolf Baring (1807–1850), captain in the 4th Hanoverian Infantry Regiment ⚭ 1845 Julie Emilie Mathilde von Voigt zu Niedern-Jesa (1821–1915), three children
            1. Adolf Baring (* 1851), Privy Councilor of Justice , President of the Senate at the Naumburg Higher Regional Court ⚭ 1885 Carla von Meding , three children

Second main branch (Hannoversche Line)

  1. Melchior Lorenz Baring (1650–1691), pastor in Groß Munzel ⚭ 1681 Elisabeth Dorothea von Helmold († 1737), six children
    1. Johann Georg Baring (1682–1735), pastor in Mariendrebber ⚭ 1714 Magdalena Catharina Schuckmann
      1. Anton Gottfried Baring (1718–1773), district judge in Neustadt am Rübenberge , progenitor of the Baring-Rumann branch ⚭ 1. N. Meier, ⚭ 2. N. Meier, ⚭ 3. 1759 Juliane Magdalene Philippine Rumann (1733–1807), sister by Ernst August Rumann , six children
        1. Christoph Christian Baring (1765–1838), Amtsvoigt in Elbstorf ⚭ 1. Elise Meier, ⚭ 2. 1797 Maria Dorothea Elisabeth Meier (1778–1848), seven children
          1. Ferdinand Heinrich Georg Baring (1801–1856), superintendent in Bad Elgersburg ⚭ 1833 Louise Bossau (1803–1888), no children of his own
          2. Adelaide Friederike Dorothea Baring (* 1802) ⚭ Julius Oelzen (1790–1867), superintendent in Groß Berkel
          3. Friedrich Eduard Albrecht Baring (1805–1886), superintendent in Hollenstedt ⚭ 1835 Sophie Louise Koch (1801–1886)
            1. Eduard Ferdinand Theodor Baring (1838–1900), general superintendent for East Friesland ⚭ 1870 Marie Arnemann (1844–1912), no children
            2. Georg Friedrich Julius Ferdinand Baring (1841–1915), pastor primarius in Gronau (Leine) ⚭ 1. 1875 Magdalene Antonie Romberg (1849–1876), ⚭ 2. 1877 Selma Marianna Romberg (* 1856), four children
              1. Louise Dorothea Selma Antonie Baring (* 1876) ⚭ 1901 Berlin District Court Director Delkeskamp (* 1868)
        2. Georg Friedrich August Baring (1768–1823), post director in Eisleben ⚭ Georgine Friedrike Eleonore Ziel (1777–1826), eleven children
          1. Ernst Georg Philipp Baring (1798–1871), lieutenant in the King's German Legion ⚭ 1. 1819 Emilie Ernestine Louise Eichemeyer (1768–1820), ⚭ 2. 1821 Justine Charlotte Eichemeyer (1790–1866), one son
          2. Karl Baring (1803–1868), pastor in Obershagen ⚭ 1829 Emilie Schneider (1807–1863), eight children
            1. William Georg Ernst Baring (1830–1901), physician ⚭ 1857 Louise Wilhelmine Rose (1828–1904), poet , two children
              1. Karl August Eduard Adolf Baring (1860–1945), Higher Regional Court Judge in Dresden ⚭ 1. 1894 Louise Wilhelmine Rüger (1870–1895), daughter of Konrad Robert Rüger ⚭ 2. 1896 Elisabeth Therese Adelheid Sophie Dorothee Leverkühn (1871–1930), daughter of Carl Leverkühn , five children
                1. Martin Otto Friedrich Karl Maximilian Baring (1904–1989), Senate President at the Federal Administrative Court (Germany) ⚭ 1931 with Gertrud Stolze, three children
                  1. Arnulf Martin Baring (1932–2019), political scientist , professor at the Free University of Berlin ⚭ 2. 1986 Gabriele Oettgen (* 1954), four children
                2. Ursula Baring (1907–2002), art collector
            2. Edwin August Eberhard Baring (1833–1890), shipping merchant in London ⚭ 1864 Henriette Ei (1843–1911), two children
              1. Emil Baring (* 1865), merchant in New York City ⚭ 1889 Clara Catlin Lundie (* 1863), three children
            3. Natalie Eleonore Helene Baring (1833–1913), writer
          3. Georg Eduard William Baring (1805–1840), postal secretary in Dannenberg (Elbe) and Osterode am Harz ⚭ 1834 Charlotte Quantity (1803–1884), two daughters
            1. Louise Baring (1835–1907), adopted by Ferdinand Heinrich Georg Baring (1801–1856), s. o. ⚭ 1857 Hugo Adolf von Sametzki (1830-1896), country elder and district of the circle Miinsterberg in Silesia , two sons
        3. Albrecht Heinrich Daniel Baring (1771–1831), pastor in Wienhausen ⚭ 1803 Hedwig Dorothea Christine von der Betten (1770–1830), five children
    2. Eberhard Ludewig Baring (1688–1743), Privy Councilor of Justice in Hanover ⚭ 1720 Maria Charlotte Reinhold (1695–1766), ten children
      1. Christian Ludwig Baring (1721–1792), Calenberg land rent master , canon of the St. Cosmas and Damian monastery (Wunstorf) , progenitor of the Baring von Wüllens branch chen 1767 Clarar Margarete Eleonore von Wüllen (1747–1817), daughter of the electoral state lawyer Albrecht Christoph von Wüllen , five children
        1. Henriette Margaretha Dorothea Maria Baring (1771–1833), chanoinesse in the Marienwerder monastery in Hanover
        2. Albrecht Friedrich Georg Baring (1767–1835), Royal Hanoverian Secret Chancellery ⚭ 1796 Johanne Auguste von Heimbruch (1741–1775), eight children
          1. Charlotte Louise Henriette Baring (1798–1832) ⚭ 1818 Christian Wynecken (1783–1853), royal Hanoverian lieutenant general , commander of the 2nd Infantry Division , three children
          2. Louis Baring (1800–1866), Royal Hanoverian Lieutenant Colonel , Commander of the 1st Jäger Battalion “Goslar”, Knight of the Guelph Order, died unmarried
          3. Albert Philipp Otto Baring (1806–1867), military doctor , personal medicus to King Ernst August I. ⚭ 1842 Auguste Deichmann (1808–1893), no children
          4. Julius Baring (1810–1892), chief magistrate in Ebstorf ⚭ 1846 Marie Sandvoss († 1892), five children
            1. Auguste Henriette Amalie Sophie Marie Baring (* 1847), chanoinesse at Isenhagen Abbey
            2. Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Otto Alexander Baring (1849–1912), district judge in Verden (Aller) ⚭ 1880 Auguste Lange
            3. Bartholde Juliane Auguste Friederike Baring (* 1853), superior of the Marienwerder monastery
            4. Heinrich Louis Friedrich Otto Baring (* 1854), accountant at the Hanover District Court
        3. Georg Konrad Ludwig Baring (1773–1848), from 1832 baron , royal Hanoverian lieutenant general ⚭ 1825 Julie von Horn (1797–1872)
          1. Sophie Louise Clara Dorothea Baring (1827–1893) ⚭ 1851 Ernst tom Have (1806–1877), Imperial Russian State Councilor and Consul General, no children
      2. Dorothea Eleonore Baring (1728–1804) ⚭ 1749 Friedrich Ulrich Patje, secret chamber secretary

Third main branch (Hanover Line)

  1. Henning Baring (1653–1693), pastor in Oberg ⚭ 1688 Ilsa Sophie Beckmann († 1735), two sons
    1. Daniel Eberhard Baring (1690–1753), historian , librarian and palaeographer ⚭ 1. 1728 Sophie Magdalena Schröder (1706–1734), ⚭ 2. 1735 Emilie Margarethe Rabe (1710–1788), eight children
      1. Eberhard Johann Baring (1731–1808), pastor primarius in Elbingerode ⚭ 1. 1763 Wilhelmine Henriette Deichmann (1738–1773), ⚭ 2. 1777 Henriette Ernestine Klingsöhr, eight children
        1. David Christian Baring (1773–1825), Dr. med. in Göttingen ⚭ Regine Elisabeth Bartels († 1880), four children
          1. Hermann Baring (1811–1835), furniture dealer in Celle ⚭ Christine Domini († 1857)
            1. Wilhelm Baring (1840–1901), “Baring & Borchers” wholesaler in Hamburg-Harburg ⚭ Auguste Christine Baring (* 1847, see below), seven children
            2. Karl Baring (* 1843), pastry chef in Washington County (Maine) / USA ⚭ 1871 Lisette Kolbe (* 1847), seven children
          2. Wilhelm Baring (1815–1874), goldsmith and jeweler in Göttingen ⚭ 1841 Henriette Elise Freise (1818–1894), eleven children
            1. Karl Wilhelm Baring (1844–1920), Royal Saxon Commissioner , Chairman of the Leipzig branch of the Royal Porcelain Manufactory Meißen ⚭ 1874 Adele Clara Daniel (* 1855), six children
            2. Auguste Christine Baring (* 1847) ⚭ Wilhelm Baring (1840–1901), s. O.
      2. Georg Ludolph Baring (1743–1806), director of the Chamber of Auditing in Hanover ⚭ 1784 Dorothea Sophia Christiana Lauenstein (1755–1825), four children
        1. Joachim August David Baring (1787–1855), High Commissioner of the Royal Mountain Trade ⚭ 1829 Marie Anna Elisabeth Charlotte Juliane Wolf (* 1809), one son
          1. Karl Julius Jodokus Baring (1833–1915), economics writer and landowner at Didderse ⚭ 1871 Alma Hermine Adelheid Seidel (* 1851), two sons
        2. Johann Georg Heinrich Baring (1789–1861), retired royal Hanoverian colonel . D., owner of a manor near Rinteln ⚭ 1817 Swana Henriette Friederike von Pirch (1797–1870), granddaughter of Franz Otto von Pirch , no children
      3. Johann Friedrich Baring (1747–1808), director of the royal mountain trade in Hanover, member of the Illuminati Order , died unmarried
      4. David Anton Baring (1753–1823), pastor in Steimbke and Niedernstöcken ⚭ 1789 Henriette Eleonore Hagemann (1764–1836), nine children
        1. Friedrich Wilhelm Baring (1807-1853), theologian, emigrated to the USA, where he was a landowner and preacher

British branch

Johann Baring from Bremen emigrated to England in 1717 . His sons John and Francis founded the banking house John & Francis Baring & Co in London in 1770 (since 1806 Baring Brothers and Comp.), Which became an important financier of government projects in the 19th century and collapsed in 1995. Francis Baring was made a Baronet , of London, in 1793 . His nephew William Baring, whose mother belonged to the Gould family, was bestowed in 1795 under the name Baring-Gould with an increased coat of arms.

Numerous descendants of the company founder were accepted into the British nobility and donated various lines. The descendants of the family also include Diana, Princess of Wales , whose great-grandmother Margaret Baring (1868-1906) was the daughter of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke , and through her also her son Prince William, Duke of Cambridge .

From left: The brothers Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, and John Baring, and Charles Wall
John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke, Cecil Baring, later 3rd Baron Revelstoke, Gaspard Farrer and Alfred Mildmay
  1. Johann Baring (1697–1748), German-English businessman
    1. John Baring (1730–1816), entrepreneur and banker at Barings Bank
    2. Thomas Baring (1733–1758), entrepreneur
    3. Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet (1740–1810), entrepreneur and banker of Barings Bank
      1. Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet (1772–1848)
        1. Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook (1796–1866)
          1. Thomas Baring, 1st Earl of Northbrook (1826–1904)
            1. Francis Baring, 2nd Earl of Northbrook (1850-1929)
          2. Francis Baring (1850-1915)
            1. Francis Baring, 4th Baron Northbrook (1882–1947)
              1. Francis John Baring, 5th Baron Northbrook (1915–1990)
                1. Francis Baring, 6th Baron Northbrook (born 1954)
      2. Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (1774–1848), Minister of Commerce 1834/35
        1. Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799–1864)
        2. Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (1800–1868)
          1. Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835-1889)
            1. Francis Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton (1866-1938)
              1. Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton (1898–1991), banker
                1. John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton (born 1928), banker
                  1. Mark Baring (* 1958)
      3. Henry Baring (1776-1848)
        1. Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828-1897), banker
          1. John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke (1863–1929), banker
          2. Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke (1864–1934), banker
            1. Rupert Baring, 4th Baron Revelstoke (1911–1994)
              1. John Baring, 5th Baron Revelstoke (1934-2003)
              2. James Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke (1938–2012)
                1. Alexander Baring, 7th Baron Revelstoke (* 1970)
                2. Thomas James Baring (* 1971)
          3. Margaret Baring (1868–1906) ⚭ Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer
          4. Maurice Baring (1874–1945), British writer
        2. Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer (1841–1917), British diplomat, Consul General in Egypt from 1883 to 1907
          1. Rowland Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer (1877-1953)
            1. George Baring, 3rd Earl of Cromer (1918–1991)
              1. Evelyn Baring, 4th Earl of Cromer (* 1946)
                1. Alexander Baring, Viscount Errington (* 1994)
          2. Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (1903–1973), governor in Africa from 1942, a. a. 1952–1959 from Kenya
            1. Charles Baring, 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale (born 1937), botanist and banker
              1. David Baring (* 1975)
    4. Charles Baring (1742-1829)
    5. Elizabeth Baring (1744–1809), ⚭ 1780 John Dunning, 1st Baron Ashburton (1731–1783), British lawyer

literature

  • Adolf Baring : The Baring family, in particular the Hanoverian line, with 22 illustrations and a coat of arms in: German Roland Book for Gender Studies , published by the "Roland" Association for the Promotion of Stamm-, Wappen- und Siegelkunde EV, 1st volume, Dresden 1918, P. 7ff.
  • George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana, The New American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge , Volume 2, 634 .
  • Charles R. Dod: The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. Whittaker, London 1848, p.487
  • Baring . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 3 : Austria - Bisectrix . London 1910, p. 401 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ernst Kelchner: Baring, Daniel Eberhard . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1875, p. 65 f.
  2. ↑ Ursula Baring in Stadtwiki Dresden
  3. ↑ Hannoversches Biographisches Lexikon , p. 39 f.
  4. ^ Karl Baring in the Dresden City Wiki
  5. ↑ London Gazette . No. 13526, HMSO, London, May 7, 1793, p. 380 ( PDF , English).
  6. ↑ Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt. On thepeerage.com