John Baring

Partner in Baring Brothers between 1828 and 1837, counterclaimed unsuccessully with his partners as assignees for the compensation on Spring Garden in British Guiana. The firm intercepted successfully the compensation awarded on the estates of Wolfert Katz (q.v.), a major debtor of the firm, in British Guiana.

1. John Baring (1801-1888), son of Sir Thomas Baring (1772-1848) and Mary Sealy, and brother of Thomas (1799-1883). Married Amelia Porcher 1842. Partner in the firm between 1828 and 1837.

T71/887 British Guiana claim no. 2282 (Spring Garden); T71/885 British Guiana nos. 21, 89, 270, 272, 363, 378A&B&C, 424 and 479 for the Wolfert Katz awards estates.

1. The Baring Archive http://www.baringarchive.org.uk/barings_people/directors/ and http://www.baringarchive.org.uk/barings_people/baring_family_genealogy/ [both accessed 20/04/2012].