Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale

Charles Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, KG, GCMG, KCVO (* September 29, 1903, † March 10, 1973 ) was a British Governor in different colonies.

Life

Charles Evelyn Baring was the third and youngest son of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, who was from September 1, 1883 to May 6, 1907 the British Consul General in Egypt. The family belonged to Baring a greater number of British nobleman who had come especially as bankers ( Barings Bank) to wealth.

Baring was 1942-1944 Governor of Southern Rhodesia. Subsequently, he was High Commissioner of South Africa.

1952 Baring Governor of Kenya. There had come to the Mau Mau uprising since 1948. After its establishment, the British government decided to counter the activities of the resisters determined. Troops were pulled together and declared a state of emergency on 20 October 1952. In the result, there were human rights violations in the detention camps. These were ultimately the trigger for the British withdrawal from Kenya. The scandal surrounding the murder of two prisoners in the Hola camp in 1959 and the cover-up by official bodies up to the governor meant that even Conservative MP increasingly distanced themselves from the white settlers and the colonial regime and advocated independence.

He was appointed on February 8, 1960 Baron Howick of Glendale. He was inducted into the Order of the Garter in 1972. Baring died as a result of a sports accident while climbing.

Awards

Baring received numerous honors:

• Order of St. Michael and St. George: Knight Commander (1942 ), Knight Grand Cross (1955 )
• Royal Victorian Order: Knight Commander (1947 )
• Order of the Garter: Knight ( 1972).