Thanks for the infor HM Queen Catherine!
Do you know if Venetia Baring was related to Poppy Baring, or am I mixing up names?
I'm not sure that this entry belongs in this thread.. but
The Honourable Venetia Baring and Poppy Baring Thursby are indeed related, but distantly. Both are from the same banking family, although from separate lines.
Venetia Baring was the daughter of Francis, 5th Baron Ashburton. Her line of descent, beginning with her father, is as follows:
Francis (5th Baron) ---> Alexander (4th Baron) ---> Francis (3rd Baron) ---> Alexander (1st Baron) --->
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet Baring of London
(William, 2nd Baron Ashburton died without issue - Francis, 3rd Baron was his younger brother)
Helen Azalea "Poppy" Baring was the daughter of Sir Godfrey Baring, 1st Baronet Baring of Nubia House, Isle of Wight. Her line of descent, beginning with her father, is as follows:
Sir Godfrey (1st Baronet) ---> Lt. General Charles Baring ---> Major Henry Bingham Baring ---> Henry Baring --->
Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet Baring of London
Poppy Baring later became the wife of William Piers Thursby.
Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, and Henry Baring were the second and third sons of Sir Francis. The eldest son, Sir Thomas (2nd Baronet) was the father of the 1st Lord Northbrook, and the grandfather of the 1st Earl of Northbrook.
Alexander and Henry's wives were sisters -
Anne Louise Bingham was married to Alexander Baring, and
Maria Matilda Bingham was the first wife of Henry Baring. Both were daughters of US Senator William Bingham and Anne Willing.
The descendants of five of the branches of the Baring family were elevated to the peerage, with the titles
Baron Revelstoke,
Earl of Northbrook,
Baron Ashburton,
Baron Howick of Glendale and
Earl of Cromer. Almost all were associated in some way with Barings Bank.
The Barony of Revelstoke is extant with the 6th Baron, James Cecil Baring.
There is an heir to this title.
(
Diana, Princess of Wales, is also a descendant of this branch of the Baring family. Her great grandmother was Margaret Baring, who married Charles Spencer, 6th Earl Spencer. Diana's descent, however, is through the second marriage of Henry Baring to Cecilia Anne Windham. Their second son, Edward Charles Baring became the 1st Baron Revelstoke and was the father of Margaret.
Margaret was Viscountess Althorp, but was not Countess Spencer. She died in 1906, and her husband became Earl in 1910.)
The Earldom of Northbrook has been extinct since 1929,
but the barony is extant with the 6th Baron, Francis Thomas Baring.
There is no heir to this title, and the current heir presumptive is a fourth cousin of the 6th Baron. The Northbrook title represents the senior line of the Baring family. The 1st Baron Northbrook was the eldest son of Sir Thomas Baring, 2nd Baronet Baring of London. He was in turn, the eldest son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet.
The Barony of Ashburton is extant with the 7th Baron, John Francis Harcourt Baring. The Ashburton title represents a junior line of the Baring family. The 1st Baron was Alexander Baring, second son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet Baring of London.
There is an heir to this title.
The Barony Howick of Glendale is extant with the 2nd Baron, Charles Evelyn Baring. The Howick title represents a junior line of the Baring family. The title was created in 1960 for Sir Evelyn Baring, former Governor of Kenya. He was the third and youngest son of the 1st Earl of Cromer.
There is an heir to this title.
The Earldom of Cromer is extant with the 4th Earl, Evelyn Rowland Esmond Baring. The Cromer title represents a junior line of the Baring family. The 1st Earl was the sixth son of Henry Baring and his second wife, Cecilia Anne Windham.
The heir to this title is the 4th Earl's son, Viscount Errington. 
It's indeed a pity that she didn't live long enough to see Mary as Queen Consort.
