Alexander Baring, Banker, financier and politician, created Baron Ashburton in 1835, 1st Baron Ashburton
Dates: 27 October 1773-13 May 1848
Biography
Alexander Baring was a leading English banker and landowner who acquired the Abbotstone estate in the late 1810s and was created Baron Ashburton in 1835.
Notes / Sources
The title Baron Ashburton was conferred on the person in 1835 and is not treated as a title of the manor.
Research sources:
- Raymond Elliott, 'The Importance of Abbotstone'; Handed On, 'Bolton Hall, Yorkshire', reporting Alexander Baring's purchase of the Abbotstone estate for £64,200 in 1818; Winchester City Council, Itchen Stoke Conservation Area Technical Assessment. — https://handedon.wordpress.com/2024/09/11/bolton-hall-yorkshire/
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