Background
BARING, John Francis Harcourt was born on November 2, 1928 in London. Son of 6th Baron Ashburton and Honourable Doris Mary Therese Harcourt.
BARING, John Francis Harcourt was born on November 2, 1928 in London. Son of 6th Baron Ashburton and Honourable Doris Mary Therese Harcourt.
Master of Arts, Oxford University, England, 1989.
Director Baring Bros. & Company Ltd. 1955-1989, Chairman 1974-1989, Director Barings PLC since 1985, Chairman 1985-1989. Director Royal Insurance Company Ltd.
1964-1982, Deputy Chairman 1975-1982, Trafford Park Estates Ltd. 1964-1977, Director Outwich Investment Trust Ltd. 1965-1987, Chairman 1967-1987, Pye Holdings Ltd.
1966-1979, Outwich Ltd. (Johannesburg) 1967-1977, British Petroleum Company since 1982. President 1977-1981; Chairman Accepting Houses Committee 1977-1981, NEDC Committee on Finance for Industry 1980-1987.
President Overseas Bankers Club 1977-1978. Rhodes Trustee since 1970, Chairman since 1987, Trustee National Gallery 1981-1987. Chairman since 1987; Director Dunlop Holdings 1981-1984, Bank of England 1983-1991, Stratton Investment Trust PLC since 1986, Chairman since 1986.
Director British Petroleum since 1982, Jaguar PLC since 1989. Receiver-General Duchy of Cornwall 1974-1990, Lord Warden of the Stannaries since 1990. Fellow, Eton College 1982.
Honorary Fellow, Hertford College, Oxford 1976, Trinity College, Oxford 1989.
High steward Winchester Cathedral. Trustee Winchester Cathedral Trust, since 1989, chairman, 1993—2006. Trustee Rhodes Trust, 1970—1999, chairman, 1987—1999.
Trustee National Gallery, 1981—1987, Southampton University Development Trust, 1986—1996, chairman, 1989—1996. Trustee, honorary treasurer Police Foundation, 1989—2001, DL Hants, since 1994. Member British Bankers' Association (vice president 1977-1981), Overseas Bankers' Club (president 1977-1978).
Son of 6th Baron Ashburton and Doris Mary Thérèse Harcourt. Married Susan Mary Renwick, 1955 (dissolved 1984). 4 children; Married Sarah Crewe, 1987.