Francis Thornhill Baring, Lord Northbrook
1796–1866
Whig M.P. for Portsmouth, 1826–65. Joint Secretary of the Treasury, 1835–9; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1839–41. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1849–52. Created Baron Northbrook in 1866. FRS 1849.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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