Hon. Windham Baring

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Windham Baring

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Death: December 28, 1922 (42)
Immediate Family:

Son of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and Ethel Baring
Husband of Gweneth Frida Cavendish
Father of Robin Windham Baring; Maj. Sir Mark Baring; Patrick Baring and 2nd Lt. Patrick Baring
Brother of Rowland Thomas Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer
Half brother of Charles Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale

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About Hon. Windham Baring

  • Fought in the First World War
  • Gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
  • Managing director of Baring Brothers
  • Director of the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway

Barings and the First World War

The three youngest partners in the firm all saw active service. Patrick Shaw-Stewart was the first of Barings' partners to go to war, enlisting in September 1914. Viscount Errington (Rowland Baring) also enlisted in 1914, rejoining the Grenadier Guards before entering the service of the royal household. Windham Baring initially stayed at Barings, clearing up some problems in Argentina. In mid-1915 he joined the Navy and subsequently spent the war in the Mediterranean and the North Sea.

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Hon. Windham Baring's Timeline

1880
September 29, 1880
1914
April 30, 1914
1916
June 9, 1916
1919
November 10, 1919
November 10, 1919
1922
December 28, 1922
Age 42