278 COMPLETE PEERAGE ashburton V. 1864. 3. Francis (Baring), Baron Ashburton, br. and h. male, b. 20 May 1800. M.P. (") for Thetford, 1830-31, 1832-41, and 1848-57. He m., Jan. 1833, Hortense Eugenie Claire, da. of Hugues Bernard Maret, Duke of Bassano in France, (the celebrated Minister of Napoleon), by Marie Madeleine, da. of Martin, Count Lejeas Charpentier. He d. 6 Sep. 1868, leaving personalty to the amount of
- ^25o,ooo. His widow d. 15 Dec. 1882, aged 70, at her residence in the
Champs Elysdes, Paris. Will dat. 30 Oct. 1878, pr. (as an English subject) Apr. 1883 in London. VI. 1868. 4. Alexander Hugh (Baring), Baron Ashburton, only surv. s. and h., b. 4 May 1835. Ed. at Harrow, and at Ch. Ch. Oxford. B.A. 1857. M.P. (Conservative) for Thetford, 1857-67. He W7., 5 Jan. 1864, Leonora Caroline, 2nd da. of Edward St. Vincent (Digby), 9th Lord Dig by [I.], by Theresa Anna Maria, da. of Henry Stephen (Fox-Strangways), 3rd Earl of Ilchester. He d. 18 July 1889, aged 54, at Bath House, Piccadilly. His widow, who was b. 8 Nov. 1844, d. 18 Jan. 1904, at 17 Hertford Str., Mayfair. VII. 1889. 5. Francis Denzil Edward (Baring), Baron Ash- burton [1835], ^^^ s. and h. ; b. 20 July 1866. A Conservative in politics. He m., 25 July 1889 (seven days after his father's death), at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Mabel Edith, ist da. of Francis Wheler (Hood), 4th Viscount Hood of Whitley, by Edith, da. of Arthur W. Ward. She, who was 1^. 26 May 1866, d. 18 Jan. 1904. He w., 2ndly, 19 Feb. 1906, at the Mairie, Paris, and afterwards in the Rue d'Aguesseau there, Frances, da. of J. C. Donnelly, of New York, an American actress, known as " Frances Belmont. " () Family Estates. — These, in 1883, consisted of about 15,500 acres in Hants, 10,000 in Wilts, 6,500 in co. Hereford, 4,000 in Essex and 1,000 in Somerset. Total about 37,000 worth about ^^47,000 a year. Besides this, in 1883, Louisa, the Dowager Baroness, had about 2,500 acres in Devon, about 2,000 in Cornwall and about 200 in Hants, as also about 28,500 in CO. Ross, which last named estate, though " of the nominal value of ;^i,885, practically produces no income. " Total (for this lady) about 33,000 acres worth about ;^ 6,000 a year. (") Principal Residence. — The Grange, near Alresford, Hants. (") He sat as a Whig 1830-31, but thereafter joined the Tories, changing his politics precisely as his two predecessors in title had done. V.G. C") For a list of peers who have m. Singers, Dancers, or Actresses, see note sub Charles, Earl of Peterborough [1697]. V.G. (^) The whole of the estates near Taunton were offered at auction in May 1894, the portion sold amounting to /70,ooo. Fitzhead Court was withdrawn. V.G.
