page_title: John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke
section_title: Career at Barings
hierarchical_section_title: John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke / Career at Barings
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: John Baring (1863-1929), second Lord Revelstoke; Cecil Baring (1864-1934), later third Lord Revelstoke; Gaspard Farrer (1860-1946) and Alfred Mildmay (1871-1944)
context_page_description: John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke GCVO PC DL was senior partner of Barings Bank from the 1890s until his death. John was the eldest surviving son of Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, and a great-grandson of the firm’s founder, Sir Francis Baring.
context_section_description: At the age of twenty, John left Cambridge to join the family firm. After a few years learning the basics in the counting house, he was sent on an extensive tour of North and South America to learn first-hand about Barings' international interests and meet the people he would later be dealing with. He became a partner in January 1890, less than a year before Barings nearly collapsed in the Panic of 1890. He was not implicated in that affair, so was allowed to continue as partner and played an increasingly important role in the affairs of the reorganized firm. By the outbreak of the First World War, Barings’ prestige had been fully restored under his leadership. During the War, Revelstoke was closely concerned with raising finance for the Imperial Russian government.
caption: John Baring (1863-1929), second Lord Revelstoke; Cecil Baring (1864-1934), later third Lord Revelstoke; Gaspard Farrer (1860-1946) and Alfred Mildmay (1871-1944)
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