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pany, 1792-1793; created baronet 1793.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _fa fa bro_, Alexander BARING, first Baron ASHBURTON (1774-1848), financier and statesman; head for many years of Baring Brothers and Co.; member of Sir Robert Peel's Cabinet of 1835; raised to peerage 1835; Commissioner to U.S.A., 1842, for Settlement "Ashburton Treaty" of Boundary Dispute.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _me me_, Hon. Lady GREY, nee WHITBREAD (1770-1858), prominent in every work of Christian philanthropy during twenty-four years in the Commissioner's house in Plymouth, afterwards in Ireland.--["Record" newspaper, May 26, 1858.] _fa_, Francis Thornhill BARING (1786-1866), first Baron NORTHBROOK, double first at Oxford, 1817; First Lord of the Admiralty.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _fa bro_, Thomas BARING (1799-1873), financier; refused Chancellorship of Exchequer, also a peerage; head for many years of Baring Brothers and Co.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _fa bro_, Charles BARING (1807-1879), double first at Oxford, 1829; Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, 1856, of Durham, 1861.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _fa fa bro son_, Evelyn BARING (b. 1841), first Earl CROMER, P.C., son of H. Baring, M.P.; passed first into staff college from Royal Artillery; made successively Baron, Viscount, and Earl, for services in Egypt.--["Who's Who," and "Ency. Brit."] _fa fa si son_, Henry LABOUCHERE (1798-1869), first Baron TAUNTON, first-class "Greats" at Oxford; Cabinet Minister under Lord Melbourne and Lord John Russell; raised to peerage 1859.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _me bro_, Sir George GREY (1799-1882), Home Secretary 1846-1852, 1855-1858, 1861-1866; carried the Bill that abolished transportation. _me fa bro_, Charles GREY (1764-1845), second Earl GREY, Prime Minister; carried the Reform Bill.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _me si son_, Sir Edward JENKINSON (b. 1835), K.C.B., Private Secretary to Lord Spencer when Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.--["Who's Who."] Descended from _fa fa fa bro_, Rev. S. BARING-GOULD (b. 1834), author of numerous novels and works on theology and history.--["Who's Who."] William Thomas #BLANFORD#, LL.D., F.R.S.; (1832-1905), on staff of Geological Survey of India, 1855-1882; accompanied Abyssinian Expedition and Persian Boundary Commission; sometime President of Geological Society and of Asiatic Soc. of Bengal, also of Geological Section British Assoc.; author of works dealing with the geology and zoology of Abyssinia, Persia, and Indi
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