Baring family
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The Baring family is a German and British family of merchants and bankers. In Germany, the family belongs to the Bildungsbürgertum, and in England, it belongs to the aristocracy.
Johann Baring
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet
Sir Francis Baring (left), with brother John Baring and son-in-law Charles Wall
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton
Barings Bank
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Barings Bank was a British merchant bank based in London. It was one of England's oldest merchant banks after Berenberg Bank, Barings' close collaborator and German representative. It was founded in 1
Baring family
…a wool merchant. His sons Francis and John Baring moved to London, where in 1762 they founded the John and Francis Baring Company, commonly known as Barings Bank. Barings Bank became one of the leading London merchant banks in the nineteenth century, until it collapsed in 1995. Francis Baring was the father of…
A circular letter of credit issued by Baring Brothers in 1892 to US Senator George Hoar for £1000, a very large sum of money at the time.
Flatiron Building 1910