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Born | Mark Francis Robert Baring (1958-08-07) 7 August 1958 (age 65) |
Predecessor | John Baring |
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Mark Francis Robert Baring, 8th Baron Ashburton (born 17 August 1958), known as the Honourable Mark Baring from 1991 to 2020, is a British businessman and a member of the Baring family.
Baring is the second child, and elder son, of John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton, [1] and his first wife, Susan Renwick, [2] daughter of Robert Renwick, 1st Baron Renwick. His parents divorced in 1984. He succeeded as Baron Ashburton on his father's death on 6 October 2020. [3][ better source needed]
Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, and Mary Ethel Burns, granddaughter of Junius Spencer Morgan and niece of American banking magnate J. P. Morgan, were his great-grandparents through his paternal grandmother, Doris, Baroness Ashburton (née Harcourt).
Baring married Miranda Caroline Wright (born 1961) on 29 October 1983. [2] They have four children: [4]
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Baron Ashburton 2nd creation 2020–present |
Incumbent Heir apparent: Hon. Frederick Baring |