UK Elections Info

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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 22 January 1826, London

Died: 15 November 1904

2nd Baron Northbrook - 6 September 1866

1st Viscount Baring - 10 June 1876

1st Earl Northbrook - 10 June 1876

husband of Elizabeth Harriet Sturt

Christ Church, Oxford (- 1846)

Civil Lord of the Admiralty	30 May 1857	8 March 1858
Under Secretary of State for India	June 1859	January 1861
Under Secretary of State for War	January 1861	July 1861
Under Secretary of State for India	July 1861	1864
Under Secretary, Home Department	1864	1866
First Lord of the Admiralty	30 April 1866	16 July 1866
Under Secretary of State for War	1868	February 1872
First Lord of the Admiralty	1880	1885

8 July 1852	Penryn & Falmouth	Whig	339	42.97
27 March 1857	Penryn & Falmouth	Whig	Unopposed
May 1857 Resignation of Thomas Baring on appointment as a Civil Lord of the Admiralty.
27 May 1857	Penryn & Falmouth	Whig	Unopposed
29 April 1859	Penryn & Falmouth	Liberal Party	389	60.50
12 July 1865	Penryn & Falmouth	Liberal Party	Unopposed
6 September 1866 Succession of Hon Thomas Baring to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Northbrook.