Charles Evelyn Baring, 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale (born 30 December 1937), is a hereditary peer and a member of the Baring family. He is the son of Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, and is well known as an arboriculturalist and plant collector. He is the creator of the Howick Arboretum at Howick Hall, one of the largest collections of wild origin plants in the United Kingdom. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford.[1]
The Lord Howick of Glendale | |
|---|---|
| Member of the House of Lords | |
Lord Temporal | |
| as a hereditary peer 10 March 1973 – 11 November 1999 | |
| Preceded by | The 1st Baron Howick of Glendale |
| Succeeded by | Seat abolished [a] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles Evelyn Baring 30 December 1937 |
| Political party | Crossbench |
| Occupation | Peer, arboriculturalist |
He served as a director of Barings Bank (1969–1982) and on the executive committee of the National Art Collections Fund. He was a director of Northern Rock plc (1987–2001).
Baring is married to the former Clare Nicolette Darby,[2] daughter of Col. Cyril Darby of Kemerton Court. They have four married children, and fourteen grandchildren.[3] His mother Lady Mary Cecil Grey (1907–2002) died aged 94. He inherited Howick Hall on the death of his father-in-law, Charles Grey, 5th Earl Grey, who did not pass on the ownership to the 6th Earl as his heirs opted to move out instead.
Notes
edit- ^ Under the House of Lords Act 1999.
References
edit- ^ 'HOWICK OF GLENDALE', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014.
- ^ Lady Howick is Chairman of Eventing at the Pony Club.
- ^ Howick Hall Gardens website. Retrieved 7 June 2022.