Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke

Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke (12 April 1864 – 26 January 1934) was an English banker and aristocrat.

The Right Honourable

The Lord Revelstoke
Portrait of Lord Revelstoke, by Ambrose McEvoy
Personal details
Born
Cecil Baring

(1864-04-12)12 April 1864
Died26 January 1934(1934-01-26) (aged 69)
London, England
Spouse(s)
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(
m. 1902; died 1922)
RelationsJohn Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke (brother)
Albert Spencer, 7th Earl Spencer (nephew)
Patrick Pollen
Children3
ParentsEdward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke
Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel
EducationEton College
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford

Early life

Baring was born on 12 April 1864. He was the third, but second surviving, of seven sons and three daughters born to Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828–1897) and the former Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel. His elder brother was John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke.[1] His father was senior partner in the family banking firm of Baring Brothers and Co.[2] His sister, Margaret, was the wife of Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer.

His father was the second son of Henry Baring (son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet and brother of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer) and, his second wife, Cecilia Anne (née Windham). His maternal grandparents were John Crocker Bulteel, MP, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Grey (herself the daughter of Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey).[2]

Baring attended Eton and Balliol College, Oxford, graduating in 1887.[3]

Career

Soon after leaving Oxford, he went to New York City where he joined Kidder, Peabody & Co. of which his uncle, Thomas Baring, was a partner. He retired from business in 1901 and devoted himself to agricultural and natural history pursuits, particularly at Lambay Island, north of Dublin, which he acquired in 1904.[3] He employed Edwin Lutyens to restore the castle there. In 1927, he donated an Etruscan bucchero vessel to the British Museum.[4]

In 1911, he returned to London and was elected a director of the family firm, Baring Brothers and Co., later becoming head of the firm.[3]

In 1929, he succeeded his unmarried elder brother John in the barony.[2]

Personal life

Baring was reportedly engaged to Grace Wilson, who later married Cornelius Vanderbilt III (which caused his father, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, to disinherit him).[3]

On 8 November 1902, Baring was married to Maude Louise (née Lorillard) Tailer of New York, the youngest daughter of the tobacco millionaire, Pierre Lorillard IV.[5] She was previously divorced from Thomas Suffern Tailer (a son of Edward Neufville Tailer),[6][7] one of Cecil's business partners.[8] Together, they were the parents of:[2]

Lady Revelstoke died on 2 April 1922.[9] Lord Revelstoke died in London on 26 January 1934.[2]

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References
  1. TIMES, Special Cable to THE NEW YORK (20 April 1929). "BRITAIN MOURNS LOSS OF GREAT FINANCIER; Revelstoke's Services for Nation Were Many--Restored the Firm of Baring Brothers. Well Posted on America. Was Privy Concilor. Compared to J.P. Morgan. Was Member of Privy Council. Brothers Served in War. An Oarsman at Eton". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. "Revelstoke, Baron (UK, 1885)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. "LORD REVELSTOKE DIES IN LONDON, 69; Head of Baring Bros. & Co., Banking House, Succeeded to Title in 1929. ONCE WAS RESIDENT HERE His Widow Was Former Maude Lorillard, Daughter of the Late Pierre Lorillard". The New York Times. 26 January 1934. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. "Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke". www.britishmuseum.org. British Museum. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. "Mrs. M. L. Tailer's Wedding; Will Be, or Has Become, the Bride of the Hon. Cecil Baring, in London, It Is Said."The New York Times April 10, 1902. p. 9
  6. "Wedded Before Many Friends; Miss Maud Lorillard Becomes Mrs. T. Suffern Tailer. Dr. Satterlee Performs a Simple Ceremony in Calvary Church—Wedding Breakfast at the Lorillard Residence—Showered with Rice as They left the House—One Hundred Thousand Dollars' Worth of Presents—To Spend a Few Months at the World's Fair and Then to go Abroad." The New York Times April 16, 1893. p. 10
  7. "SEPARATION REPORTED OF SUFFERN TAILERS; Wife Probably Will Ask Divorce, His Secretary Says in Washington". The New York Times. 5 November 1933. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
  8. "Obituary: Lord Revelstoke". The Independent. 20 July 1994. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  9. "Obituary 2". The New York Times. 4 April 1922. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Baring		 Baron Revelstoke
1929–1934		 Succeeded by
Rupert Baring
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