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Charles Baring, 2nd Baron Howick of Glendale

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The Lord Howick of Glendale
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
10 March 1973 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 1st Baron Howick of Glendale
Succeeded bySeat abolished[a]
Personal details
Born
Charles Evelyn Baring

(1937-12-30) 30 December 1937 (age 86)
Political partyCrossbench
OccupationPeer, arboriculturalist

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]

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.

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  1. ^ 'HOWICK OF GLENDALE', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014.
  2. ^ Lady Howick is Chairman of Eventing at the Pony Club.
  3. ^ Howick Hall Gardens website. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Baron Howick of Glendale
1973–present
Member of the House of Lords
(1973–1999)
Incumbent
Heir apparent:
Hon. David Baring