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Authorised form of nameBaring; Evelyn (1841 - 1917); 1st Earl of Cromer
Dates1841 - 1917
NationalityBritish
Place of birthCromer Hall, Norfolk, England
Date of birth26 February 1841
Date of death29/01/1917
ActivityEducation:
Eton
Career:
Entered Royal Artillery (1858); Commissioner of Egyptian public debt (1877-1879); retired with the rank of Major (1878); Agent and Consul General, Egypt (1883-1907); Minister Plenipotentiary, Diplomatic Service (1883-1907)
Honours:
OM; GCB; CIE 1876; KCSI 1883; CB 1885; KCB 1887; GCMG 1888; Baron 1892; Viscount 1898; Earl 1901
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election23/11/1911
RelationshipsSon of Henry Baring and his 2nd wife, Cecilia Anne, daughter of William Windham of Cromer Hall, Norfolk. Married: 1) (1876) Ethel, daughter of Sir Rowland Stanley Errington; 2) Lady Katherine Georgina Louisa Thynne, daughter of John 4th Marquess of Bath
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA6593
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1911/24Baring, Evelyn, 1st Earl of Cromer: certificate of election to the Royal Society
NLB/54/61Copy letter from [Robert William Frederick Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society]; to Messrs Harrison & Sons30 January 1917
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