Frances Baring (1813 - 1850)

Frances was the ninth child and fifth daughter of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., and Mary Ursula Sealy, known to family and friends as "Fanny".

("Morning Post" 26 Aug 1813, page 4):
On Monday, at Stratton Park, Hants, the Lady of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. M.P. of a daughter.

("Dublin Morning Register" 03 Feb 1840, page 4):
We understand a marriage is on the tapis between the youngest and only unmarried daughter of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., of Stratton-park, near Winchester, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere, M.P. for Taunton. The ceremony is expected to be solemnized very shortly.

("The Globe" 13 Apr 1840, page 3):
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE. — The marriage between the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the President of the Board of Trade, and his cousin, Miss Fanny Baring, was solemnised by special license in the drawing room of Mr. T. Baring's mansion, in Devonshire-place, on Friday morning, in the presence of Lord and Lady Ashburton, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Hon. Major and Lady Aug. Baring, Mr. John Labouchere, and other relatives of the parties. The bride and bridegroom, after the ceremony, set off in a travelling chariot and four for the delightful villa of the Right Hon. Poulett Thomson at Roehampton, where they will pass the honeymoon.

("Taunton Courier" 15 Apr 1840, page 3):
By special licence, on the 10th inst. the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P. to Frances, youngest daughter of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. of Stratton Park.

("The Era" 02 Jun 1850, page 2):
On the 25th ult., at Chislehurst, Frances, wife of the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere.

("Durham County Advertiser" 07 Jun 1850, page 10):
At Chislehurst, on the 25th ult., after giving birth to a still-born child, Frances, wife of the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, and youngest daughter of the late Sir Thomas Baring, Bart.

("Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser" 29 May 1850, page 4):
The announcement in our columns of the death of Mrs. Labouchere, will be perused with sorrow by our readers, to many of whom, in this town and neighbourhood, the very amiable lady was endeared by the experience of her unostentatious deportment, benevolent habits, and exemplary social virtues. heer estimable husband and three daughters are left to bewail the deep calamity of their loss.

("Cheltenham Looker-On" 01 Jun 1850, page 5):
The death of poor Mrs. Labouchere has excited the greatest sympathy for the bereaved husband. Although the Right Hon. Gentleman left Town immediately on learning Mrs. Labouchere was seriously indisposed, and took Dr. Locock with him, yet his wife was dead ere he reached home.

("Westmorland Gazette" 01 Jun 1850, page 4):
SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. LABOUCHERE.—
We regret to announce the sudden death of this lady, the wife of the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the President of the Board of Trade. The deceased was the youngest daughter of the late Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., and sister of the Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring, First Lord of the Admiralty. Mr. Labouchere was in town when a special messenger arrived early yesterday (Saturday) morning from Chislehurst, announcing Mrs. Labouchere's illness, in consequence of which he left town immediately. Mrs. Labouchere's confinement was not expected to take place for a month or two. Premature labour, it is said, was the cause of death.

("Bucks Herald" 01 Jun 1850, page 6):
SUDDEN DEATH OF MRS. LABOUCHERE.— This lady, the wife of the Right Hon. Henry Labouchere, the President of the Board of Trade, died in childbed on Saturday. The deceased was the youngest daughter of the late Sir Thomas Baring, Bart., and sister of the Right Hon. Francis Thornhill Baring, First Lord of the Admiralty. Mrs. Labouchere's confinement was not expected to take place for a month or two. Premature labour, it is said, was the cause of death.

("Liverpool Mercury" 28 May 1850, page 8):
The new Mercantile Marine Bill will, it is thought, be postponed, if not thrown over for the session, owing to the death of Mrs. Labouchere.

("In Memoriam. Scilly and Its Emperor" by Lady Sophia Tower, 1873, page 7):
10, St. James's Place, May 27th, 1850.
. . . You will be shocked at hearing of the death of Mrs. Labouchere; it appears she was taken ill in the course of Friday night, and expired by seven in the morning at Chiselhurst, where they were staying with his mother.

("The History of Chislehurst: Its Church, Manors, and Parish" by Edward Webb, page 230-231):
The Canister House. [1738] At this time the old mansion had been pulled down, and a new one built at the south-west corner of the grounds, which was known as the "Canister House," presumably from some fancied resemblance in its outline.
. . . About the year 1800 the place was let on a long lease to Mrs. Weddell, who pulled down the Canister House and built a new one, on the old site at the east of the property. The grandson of Admiral Wells sold it on the death of Mrs. Weddell, in 1832, to Mrs. Sophia Harenc, widow of Benjamin Harenc, Esq., of Foots Cray Place.
. . . Mrs. Harenc sold the place to Mrs. Labouchere, widow of Peter Caesar Labouchere of Highlands, Essex, and daughter of Sir Francis Baring, Bart. She was the mother of Lord Taunton, and Henry Labouchere, the father of the present member for Northampton. Mrs. Labouchere remodelled and greatly enlarged the house, and made a new entrance on the east side, the former one having been opposite to Mr. Wollaston's garden. When she died, her son, Lord Taunton, sold the property to Mr. James Martin, uncle of its present owner.

There is one known portrait of Fanny Baring, showing her as a young girl with her older sister, Emily. It was painted by John Jackson, R.A., and exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1820. The portrait is part of the Baring Collection and is now the property of ING Bank in London.