Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton
The Lord Ashburton | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| In office 12 May 1848 – 23 March 1864 | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Baron Ashburton |
| Succeeded by | The 3rd Baron Ashburton |
| Paymaster General | |
| In office 1 March 1845 – February 1846 | |
| Monarch | Queen Victoria |
| Prime Minister | Sir Robert Peel |
| Preceded by | Sir Edward Knatchbull |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Babington Macaulay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 1799 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Died | 23 March 1864 (aged 64) The Grange, Hampshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Whig (to 1837) Tory from 1837 |
| Spouse(s) | (1) Lady Harriet Montagu m. 1823; d. 1857 (2) Louisa Stewart-Mackenzie m. 1858; wid. 1864 |
| Alma mater | Oriel College, Oxford |
William Bingham Baring, 2nd Baron Ashburton, PC, DL, FRS (June 1799 – 23 March 1864), was a British businessman and a Whig politician who later became a Tory.