Francis Baring, 6th Baron Northbrook

Francis Thomas Baring, 6th Baron Northbrook ( born February 21, 1954) is a British peer and politician of the Conservative Party.

Life

Family and Education

Francis Thomas Baring, Baron Northbrook was born the son of John Francis Baring, 5th Baron Northbrook and his wife, Rowena Margaret Manning. He attended Winchester College in Winchester in the county of Hampshire, England. He studied history at the University of Bristol; where he graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA ) from.

On December 4, 1990, he inherited after the death of his father the title of 8th Baronet Baring, of London [GB, 1793 ]. At the same time he inherited the title of 6th Baron Northbrook, of Stratton, in the County of Southampton [UK, 1866 ].

Career

Baring then hit a career one on the financial, investment and insurance sectors. He worked as a tax and business consultant and chartered accountant ( Chartered Accountant ). He initially as a young professional advisors and auditors ( Trainee Accountant ) with the insurance company Dixon Wilson Ltd. ( 1976-1980 ). From 1981 to 1989 he worked in various positions with British investment bank Baring Brothers & Co Ltd. He worked there from 1981 to 1983, first as a consultant in the area of ​​credit scoring ( Credit Analyst). In 1983 he moved there in the reports asset management (asset management) and worked from 1983 to 1985 for Baring Investment Management ala Investment Advisor ( Investment Analyst). From 1985 to 1989 he was in the private client department ( Private Client Department) of Baring Investment Management. From 1990 to 1993 he worked as a Senior Investment Manager in the Investment Company Taylor Young Investment Management Ltd. He was furthermore Investment Manager ( Senior Investment Manager) to the Investment Company Smith & Williamson Securities (1993-1995). From 1996 to 2006 he was Director (Director) of the asset management company Mars Asset Management Ltd..

Since 2006 he is a trustee ( Trustee ) of the Fortune Forum charity; the organization has the fight against poverty, improving health and general living conditions and the environment to their main tasks. The organization is supported by prominent guest speakers. During the first conference in 2006, former U.S. President Bill Clinton spoke. In November 2007, at the second event, the former U.S. Vice President Al Gore.

Baring is further worked as a farmer and landowner.

Membership in the House of Lords

With the death of his father and the associated legacy of the title of Baron Northbrook Baring was December 4, 1990 an official member of the House of Lords. He is a member of the Conservative Party. In Hansard word posts Barings from the years 1991 to 2005 are documented. He is among the 92 selected Hereditary Peers who kept their seat in the House of Lords after the House of Lords Act 1999. From 1990 to 2000 he was Whip of the opposition. He said to budgetary and constitutional issues as well as on agricultural policy and agriculture. His political areas of interest he counts among other foreign policy.

Private

Baring was married to Amelia Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, the daughter of Dr. Reginald David Taylor since June 27, 1987. They were divorced 2006. The marriage produced three daughters were born. For the title of Baron Northbrook there is therefore no title heirs. Expected heir to the title of Baronet Baring, Peter Baring ( b. 1939 ), a distant cousin of Barings.

On December 4, 2005 Barings family seat Woodlands Farm was in Bramdean badly damaged by a fire in Hampshire. The fire was temporarily extinguished by water from the swimming pool; thus precious family heirlooms could be saved. Nine paintings from the family estate was acquired in December 2006 by Prince Hans -Adam II of Liechtenstein. His hobbies include, inter alia Baring cricket, tennis, skiing and fishing.