Baron Revelstoke

Baron Revelstoke, of Membland in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1885 for the businessman Edward Baring, head of the family firm of Barings Bank and a member of the Baring family. Baring was the son of Henry Baring, third son of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, and the nephew of Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton, the second cousin of Francis Baring, 1st Baron Northbrook, the elder brother of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer and the uncle of Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale. He was succeeded by his second but eldest surviving son John, the second Baron. John was a partner in Baring Brothers and Co. Ltd, a Director of the Bank of England, and also served as Lord Lieutenant of Middlesex. On his death the title passed to his younger brother Cecil, the third Baron. He acquired Lambay Island, north of Dublin, in 1904. As of 2013 the title is held by his great-grandson, the seventh Baron, who succeeded his father in 2012. As a descendant of Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, he is also in remainder to the Baring Baronetcy of Larkbeer, a title held by his kinsman the Baron Northbrook.

The man-of-letters the Hon. Maurice Baring was the fifth son of the first Baron.

The city of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, was renamed in honour of Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, commemorating his role in securing the financing necessary for completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway.

Barons Revelstoke (1885)

Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828–1897)
John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke (1863–1929)
Cecil Baring, 3rd Baron Revelstoke (1864–1934). Married Maude Lorillard of New York, daughter of the tobacco millionaire, Pierre Lorillard IV.
Rupert Baring, 4th Baron Revelstoke (1911–1994)
John Baring, 5th Baron Revelstoke (1934–2003)
James Cecil Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke (1938–2012)
Alexander Rupert Baring, 7th Baron Revelstoke (b. 1970)

The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Hon. Thomas James Baring (b. 1971).

Arms of Baron Revelstoke
Coronet A Coronet of a Baron Crest A Mullet Erminois between two Wings Argent Escutcheon Azure on a Fess Or a Hurt thereon a Mullet Erminois in chief a Bear's Head proper Supporters Dexter: a Bull Argent; Sinister: a Bear proper muzzled Or each charged on the shoulder with a Mullet Erminois Motto Probitate Et Labore (By uprightness and work)

Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages

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