New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-21

man OF note to marry an American he,ress. namely
the elder daughter of United States Senator Will
| lam Bingham. of Philadelphia whose dowry. esti-
mated at $.oo0000, invested in the house Of
Barring in Bishopsgate-st. London. and enabled 1t
TO branch out on huge scale. In fact. 1T was
thanks to this that it able fifteen or sixteen
years later to loan 100000 francs TO the French
government for the payments at the time
when France occupied by the allied armies in
1910 and with reference this enterprise one of
Napoeon's marshals is said to have remarked that
there were six great powers in Europe. namely,
England. France. Russia. Austria. Prussia and
Barring Brothers
This Alexander Barring was raised to the House
OF Lords as Lord Ashburton. played considerable
role at Washington during the Presidencies of An
drew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, and Dego-
liated the Ashburton treaty between the United
States and Great Britain.
MANY BARINGS WED AMERICANS.
Lord Ashburton's elder brother was Sir Thomas
Barring whose eldest the first Lord
Northbrook and grandson of Sir Thomas was the
ate Thomas C. Barring. who in 1859 married Miss
susan Mlnturn. of New-York. his own son Harold
Delng now married to a daughter of John Augustus
Churchill. of New-York
Another OF the first Lord Ashburton's brothers
was Henry Barring, NJ p. who married younger
daughter Of United States Senator William Bing
man, Of Philadelphia. But this union did not turn
out happily, and after it had been dissolved by
olVorce Henry Barring married again and it is from
ths second matrimonial alliance of his that de-
SONA4HSc inc Earl OF Cromer, E1nglanuS plenlpo-
tertiary In Egypt; the Earl of Revelstoke and his
next brother and heir the Hon. Cecil Barring, who
ike so many other members of his family, is
ried TO an American woman. daughter Of the late
Pierre Loriliard. and formerly the wife OF T. Suf-
fern Taller.
The Bar1ngB have branch office in New-York
at the head of which is the Hon Hugo Barring one
OF the younger brothers of Lord Rev elstoke; and
II Is pleasant to be able to add that the house
completely recovered from Its temporary difficulties
In $780, resulting from nearly a century Of titanic
war with the Rothschilds. The liabilities OF the
hrm at the time We're more than $40 OG0OOD the
entire family came forward with it's large private
fortunes. and SO great the confidence In the
firm that the Bank Of England, In connection with
seven large Scotch banks, advanced the money
necessary to tide them their difficulties which
have been entirely wiped out, tina firm of Barring
Brothers standing to-day higher than ever IN
deed the only thing that serves to recall the SEN
satonal smash OF this house (Which until 1890 had
charge Of all the foreign finances of the Russian
| government and possibly still manages them to-
day. Is that the late Lord Revelstoke's London
mansion and his wonderful collection of art treas
ures have passed into other hands
From the above 1t will be seen that the Earrings
are represented in the House of Lords by three
earls-namely, Lord Northbrook Lord Revelstoke
and Lord Cromer--and by a baron, Lord Ashburton
While their Importance in the upper house OF the
national legislature is further strengthened by
humper OF other peers who have married into the
Barring family which has to Its credit at least a
dozen matrimonial alliances with the United States
AIARQUISE DE FONTENOY.