Rowland Thomas Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer

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Rowland Thomas Baring, 2nd Earl of Cromer

• Born on 29 November 1877 at Cairo, Egypt.
• Son of Major Rt. Hon. Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and Ethel Errington
• Married Lady Ruby Florence Mary Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, daughter of Gilbert John Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound, 4th Earl of Minto and Lady Mary Caroline Grey, on 4 April 1908 at St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, London, England.
• Died on 13 May 1953 at age 75.3
• Educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England.
• Styled as Viscount Errington between 1892 and 1917
• Held the office of

• Third Secretary of the Diplomatic Service.
  
• Second Secretary of the Diplomatic Service between 1902 and 1906.
  
• Private Secretary to the Permanent Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs between 1907 and 1911
  
• Aide-de-Camp to the Viceroy of India between 1915 and 1916
  
• Equerry-in-Ordinary to HM King George V between 1916 and 1920.
  

• Invested as a Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) in 1908 4th class.
• Managing director of Baring Brothers between 1913 and 1914.
• Decorated with the award of the Order of St. Anne of Russia (2nd class).
• Gained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant in the service of the Grenadier Guards.
• Fought in the First World War
• Succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Errington of Hexham, Northumberland [U.K., 1901] on 29 January 1917.
• Succeeded to the title of 2nd Earl of Cromer [U.K., 1901] on 29 January 1917.
• Succeeded to the title of 2nd Viscount Cromer [U.K., 1899] on 29 January 1917.
• Succeeded to the title of 2nd Baron Cromer of Cromer, Norfolk [U.K., 1892] on 29 January 1917.
• Invested as a Commander, Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) in 1920.
• Chief of Staff to TRH the Duke of Connaught between 1920 and 1921 at India.
• Invested as a Knight Commander, Order of the Indian Empire (K.C.I.E.) in 1921.
• Chief of Staff to TRH the Prince of Wales between 1921 and 1922 at India.
• Invested as a Privy Counsellor (P.C.) in 1922.
• Invested as a Knight Grand Commander, Order of the Indian Empire (G.C.I.E.) in 1922.
• Invested as a Bailiff Grand Cross, Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem (G.C.St.J.).
• British government director of the Suez Canal Company in 1926.
• Invested as a Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) in 1927.
• Invested as a Knight Grand Cross, Order of the Bath (G.C.B.) in 1932.
• Director of P&O.
• Director of the Marine Insurance Company.
• Director of the BI Steam Navigation Company.
• Director of Lloud's.
• Director of the National Provincial Bank and the National Provincial Foreign Bank.
• Decorated with the award of the Royal Victorian Chain in 1935.
• Director of London and Lancashire Insurance.
• Held the office of Permanent Lord-in-Waiting between 1938 and 1953.

He has an extensive biographical entry in the Dictionary of National Biography.

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.