Anne Louisa Bingham, Lady Ashburton

Biography

Her father was said to be the wealthiest man in America at the time he arranged the marriages of his daughters with Lord Baring's sons. The Baring Family like many aristocratic families were seeking wealthy brides over the lineage of the women to build the Baring wealth back to where it was in the past. William Bingham was looking for the chance to build additional business ventures in England. With the Baring Family, he thought this would assist him. His daughter gained a title, William perhaps built his business ventures in England, and he did eventually move permanently to Bath, England.

At this time in history, the money given to her husband as a dowry became solely her husband's property. She would have absolutely no claim to the Bingham money brought into this marriage. It indeed made her husband quite wealthy.

Personal life

Ann Baring, Baroness Ashburton
additional titles
The Right Honorable
The Lady Ashburton

Born Ann Louisa Bingham, American Heiress "Dollar Princess"
6 January 1782
Died 5 December 1848 (aged 66)
Bay House, Gosport, England

Spouse Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
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​(m. 1798; died 1848)​

Relations Maria Matilda Bingham (sister)
Children 9, including Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton, Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton, Harriet Thynne, Marchioness of Bath

Parent(s) William Bingham, Esq
Ann Willing Bingham
Ann Louisa Baring, Baroness Ashburton (née Ann Louisa Bingham; 6 January 1782 – 5 December 1848) was the wife of Alexander Baring, Lord Ashburton, and the first child of William Bingham and Ann Willing Bingham.

Early life[
Ann Louisa Bingham was born on 6 January 1782, the day before the Bank of North America sold its first charter shares, her father and grandfather working closely with Alexander Hamilton to write the by-laws. Her father was rumored to be the richest man in America after the Revolutionary War.

Her younger sister, Maria Matilda Bingham, married three times. First to French aristocrat, Jacques Alexandre, Count of Tilly. Afterward, she married Anne Louisa's brother-in-law, Henry Baring. After their divorce in 1824, she married the Marquess of Blaisel in 1826.

Personal life

On 23 August 1798, Ann was married to Alexander Baring (1774–1848), a son of Harriet Herring and Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet.[3] Among his siblings were Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet and Henry Baring (an MP for Bossiney[4] and Colchester),[5] His father, alongside his uncle John Baring, established the London merchant house of John and Francis Baring Company, which eventually became Barings Bank.[6] Together, Ann and Alexander had nine children:[7]

• Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799–1864), married Lady Harriet Montagu, eldest daughter of George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich.[8]
• Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (1800–1868), married Hortense Maret (c. 1812–1882), daughter of Hughes-Bernard Maret, 1st Duke of Bassano, Prime Minister of France.
• Hon. Harriet Baring (1804–1892), married Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath.[9]
• Hon. Rev. Frederick Baring (1806–1868), Rector of Itchen Stoke, married Frederica Ashton on 24 April 1831.
• Hon. Anne Eugenia Baring (d. 1839), married Humphrey St John-Mildmay.[7]
• Alexander Baring (1810–1832), who died on board HMS Alfred in the Mediterranean.[7]
• Hon. Arthur Baring (1818–1838), who died unmarried.[7]
• Hon. Louisa Emily Baring (d. 1888)[7]
• Hon. Lydia Emily Baring (d. 1868)[7]

In 1835, her husband was created the first Baron Ashburton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[10]

Lord Ashburton died on 12 May 1848 at Longleat, Wiltshire. Lady Ashburton died several months later on 5 December 1848 at Bay House in Gosport.[7]

Descendants[edit]
Through her eldest son, she was a grandmother of Hon. Mary Florence Baring (1860–1902), who married William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton.[11] Through her second son, she was a grandmother of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835–1889), and Hon. Maria Anne Louisa Baring (1833–1928), who married William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton.[12]

References [https://www.baringarchive.org.uk/history/biographies/] The Baring Archive

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Eden, Emily (2012). Miss Eden's Letters. Library of Alexandria. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-4655-7270-7. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

"leighrayment.com House of Commons: Bodmin to Bradford East". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

"leighrayment.com House of Commons: Clonmel to Cork County West". Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

Debrett's (1916). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionate. Kelly's Directories. p. 670. Retrieved 24 August 2019.

"Ashburton, Baron (UK, 1835)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

"Sandwich, Earl of (E, 1660)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

"Bath, Marquess of (GB, 1789)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

Ashton, Rosemary (2012). Thomas And Jane Carlyle: Portrait of a Marriage. Random House. p. 1906. ISBN 978-1-4481-3704-6. Retrieved 4 June 2020.

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References
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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Baring,_Baroness_Ashburton#Person...]
Anne Louisa Bingham1 F, #13471, d. 5 December 1848 Last Edited=27 Apr 2008

    Anne Louisa Bingham was the daughter of William Bingham and Anne Willing.1,2 She married Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt. and Harriet Herring, on 23 August 1798 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.G.1,2 She died on 5 December 1848 at Bay House, Gosport, Hampshire, EnglandG.1

Her married name became Baring. After her marriage, Anne Louise Bingham was styled as Baroness Ashburton on 10 April 1835. Children of Anne Louise Bingham and Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton+1 b. Jun 1799, d. 23 Mar 1864 Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton+1 b. 24 May 1800, d. 6 Sep 1868 Hon. Harriet Baring+3 b. 3 May 1804, d. 2 Jan 1892 Hon. Anne Eugenia Baring+2 b. c 1805, d. 8 Mar 1839 Rev. Hon. Frederick Baring4,5 b. 31 Jan 1806, d. 4 Jun 1868 Alexander Baring4,5 b. 1810, d. 1832 Arthur Baring4,5 b. 1818, d. 1838
Citations

• [S6] G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant, new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume I, page 277. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage.
• [S1457] Paul W. Harding, "re: British Admirals-Age of Nelson," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 10 September 2005. Hereinafter cited as "re: Age of Nelson."
• [S6] Cokayne, and others, The Complete Peerage, volume II, page 26.
• [S125] Richard Glanville-Brown, online <e-mail address>, Richard Glanville-Brown (RR 2, Milton, Ontario, Canada), downloaded 17 August 2005.
• [S124] Mabel Iris FitzGeorge, online <e-mail address>, Robin Balfour ("FTW - Mabel Iris FitzGeorge-John Baring" emailed to Darryl Lundy), downloaded 17 August 2005, Date of Import: 18 Dec 2004.
• William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton1
• M, #13472, b. June 1799, d. 23 March 1864
• * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Louisa_Baring]
• * [http://thepeerage.com/p1348.htm#i13471]
• Reference: Ancestry Genealogy - SmartCopy: Oct 16 2020, 13:10:38 UTC