Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke
Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke | |
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| Born | Template:Birth date England |
| Died | January 26, 1934 (aged 69) London, England |
| Occupation(s) | Aristocrat, banker |
| Known for | Director and head of Baring Brothers and Co. |
Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke (12 April 1864 – 26 January 1934) was a distinguished English aristocrat and banker.
Early life
Born on 12 April 1864, Baring was the third son and second surviving child of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel. His elder sibling was John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke. His father held the position of senior partner at the family banking institution Baring Brothers and Co. His sister Margaret became the wife of Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer.
On his father's side, his grandfather was Henry Baring, who was a son of Francis Baring, 1st Baronet and sibling to Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer. His maternal lineage included MP John Crocker Bulteel and Lady Elizabeth Grey, daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. Cecil received his education at Eton College followed by Balliol College, Oxford, completing his degree in 1887.
Career
Following his graduation from Oxford, Baring relocated to New York City to work with Kidder, Peabody & Co., where his uncle Thomas Baring was a partner. He withdrew from business in 1901 to dedicate himself to farming and natural history pursuits, particularly on Lambay Island near Dublin, which he purchased in 1904. There, he engaged architect Edwin Lutyens to renovate the castle. In 1927, he contributed an Etruscan buccero artifact to the British Museum.
He returned to London in 1911 and assumed a directorship at Baring Brothers and Co., eventually rising to lead the firm. In 1929, upon the death of his unmarried elder brother John, he inherited the title of Baron Revelstoke.
Personal life
It is reported that Baring was once engaged to Grace Wilson, who later married Cornelius Vanderbilt III, resulting in her disinheritance by Cornelius Vanderbilt II.
On 8 November 1902, Cecil married Maude Louise (née Lorillard) Tailer from New York, the youngest daughter of tobacco tycoon Pierre Lorillard IV. She had previously been divorced from Thomas Suffern Tailer, one of Cecil’s business associates. The couple had three children:
- Hon. Daphne Baring (1904–1986), who wed Arthur Joseph Lawrence Pollen in 1920; their lineage includes Patrick Pollen.
- Hon. Calypso Baring (1905–1974), who married Guy Maynard Liddell in 1926; their marriage ended in divorce in 1943.
- Rupert Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Revelstoke (1911–1994), who married Hon. Florence Flora Fermor-Hesketh; they divorced in 1944.
Lady Revelstoke passed away on 2 April 1922. Lord Revelstoke died in London on 26 January 1934.