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The Right Honourable
The Lady Ashburton
The Right Honourable The Lady Ashburton
	Section from an unfinished Bingham family portrait by Gilbert Stuart
Personal details
Born	Ann Louisa Bingham; 6 January 1782
Died	5 December 1848 (aged 66); Bay House, Gosport, England
Spouse	Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton; (m. 1798; died 1848)
Relations	Maria Matilda Bingham (sister)
Children	9, including Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton, Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton, Harriet Thynne, Marchioness of Bath
Parent(s)	William Bingham; Ann Willing Bingham

Ann Louisa Baring, Baroness Ashburton (née Ann Louisa Bingham; 6 January 1782 – 5 December 1848) was the wife of Alexander Baring, Lord Ashburton and first child of William Bingham and Ann Willing Bingham.

Early life

Ann Louisa Bingham was born on 6 January 1782, the day before the Bank of North America sold its first charter shares, her father and grandfather working closely with Alexander Hamilton to write the by-laws. Her father was rumored to be the richest man in America after the Revolutionary War.^[1]

Her younger sister, Maria Matilda Bingham, married three times. First to French aristocrat, Jacques Alexandre, Count of Tilly. Afterwards she married Anne Louisa's brother-in-law, Henry Baring. After their divorce in 1824, she married the Marquess of Blaisel in 1826.^[2]

Personal life

1842 portrait of her husband, Lord Ashburton, by George Peter Alexander Healy

On 23 August 1798, Ann was married to Alexander Baring (1774–1848), a son of Harriet Herring and Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet.^[3] Among his siblings were Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet and Henry Baring (an MP for Bossiney^[4] and Colchester),^[5] His father, alongside his uncle John Baring, established the London merchant house of John and Francis Baring Company, which eventually became Barings Bank.^[6] Together, Ann and Alexander had nine children:^[7]

Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton (1799–1864), who married Lady Harriet Montagu, eldest daughter of George Montagu, 6th Earl of Sandwich.^[8]
Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton (1800–1868), who married Hortense Maret (c. 1812–1882), daughter of Hughes-Bernard Maret, 1st Duke of Bassano, Prime Minister of France.
Hon. Harriet Baring (1804–1892), married Henry Thynne, 3rd Marquess of Bath.^[9]
Hon. Rev. Frederick Baring (1806–1868), Rector of Itchen Stoke, married Frederica Ashton on 24 April 1831.^[7]
Hon. Anne Eugenia Baring (d. 1839), married Humphrey St John-Mildmay.^[7]
Alexander Baring (1810–1832), who died on board HMS Alfred in the Mediterranean.^[7]
Hon. Arthur Baring (1818–1838), who died unmarried.^[7]
Hon. Louisa Emily Baring (d. 1888)^[7]
Hon. Lydia Emily Baring (d. 1868)^[7]

In 1835, her husband was created the first Baron Ashburton in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.^[10]

Lord Ashburton died on 12 May 1848 at Longleat, Wiltshire. Lady Ashburton died several months later on 5 December 1848 at Bay House in Gosport.^[7]

Descendants

Through her eldest son, she was a grandmother of Hon. Mary Florence Baring (1860–1902), who married William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton.^[11] Through her second son, she was a grandmother of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton (1835–1889), and Hon. Maria Anne Louisa Baring (1833–1928), who married William FitzRoy, 6th Duke of Grafton.^[12]

References

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^ "The Peerage, page 1308". 5 August 2015.
^ Eden, Emily (2012). Miss Eden's Letters. Library of Alexandria. p. 418. ISBN 978-1-4655-7270-7. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Bodmin to Bradford East". Archived from the original on 10 August 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "leighrayment.com House of Commons: Clonmel to Cork County West". Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ Debrett's (1916). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. p. 670. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Ashburton, Baron (UK, 1835)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Sandwich, Earl of (E, 1660)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Bath, Marquess of (GB, 1789)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 31 December 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ Ashton, Rosemary (2012). Thomas And Jane Carlyle: Portrait of a Marriage. Random House. p. 1906. ISBN 978-1-4481-3704-6. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
^ "Northampton, Marquess of (UK, 1812)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
^ "Grafton, Duke of (E, 1675)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Heraldic Media Limited. Archived from the original on 27 April 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.