Zam baring biography for kids

British merchant banker (1928–2020)

John Francis Harcourt Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton (2 November 1928 – 6 October 2020), was a British merchant banker who served as chairman of British Petroleum from 1992 to 1995.

Lord Ashburton also sat on the boards of Jaguar Cars, Dunlop Rubber, and Royal Insurance.

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Family

He was the oldest son of Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton, and Doris Harcourt.

His maternal grandparents were Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, and Mary Ethel Burns, daughter of Walter Hayes Burns of New York City, granddaughter of Junius Spencer Morgan and niece of American banking magnate J.

P. Morgan.

Marriages and children

First marriage

On 25 November 1955, Baring married Susan Mary Renwick (born 1930). She was a daughter of Robert Renwick, 1st Baron Renwick, and his first wife Dorothy Mary Parkes.

They had four children:

• Lucinda Mary Louise "Lucy" Baring (born 20 October 1956). Married Michael John Wilmot