Giles Baring
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Amyas Evelyn Giles Baring (born Roehampton
, London
, 21 January 1910, died Newcastle upon Tyne
, Northumberland
, 29 August 1986), known as Giles Baring, was a first-class
English
cricket
er between the years 1930 and 1946.
, Giles Baring was the third son of Lt-Colonel the Hon. Guy Victor Baring
, MP
, Coldstream Guards
, (1873–1916), himself the son of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton
(1835–1889), and Olive Althea Smith (1887–1964). Giles Baring's father, Colonel Guy Baring, was Member of Parliament
for Winchester
from 1906 until his death in action in World War I
on 15 September 1916, leaving six children.
, Winchester, Gresham's School
, Holt
, and Magdalene College
, Cambridge.
between 1930 and 1939. Apart from more than fifty regular county championship games, he played in the Cambridge University v New Zealand
ers match of 3 June 1931, for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players
matches of 2 September 1931 and 11 July 1934, for Hampshire in Hampshire v West Indians on 24 May 1933, for Hampshire in Hampshire v Australia
ns on 23 May 1934, for Hampshire in Hampshire v South Africa
ns on 22 May 1935, for Hampshire in Hampshire v Australia
ns on 25 May 1938, and for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Australian Services on 7 July 1945.
He played for the MCC
between 1935 and 1946, and his last first-class
game was in the MCC
v Cambridge University match of 29 June 1946.
Baring was a right-arm fast bowler and also a right-hand batsman. As a bowler, he took 197 wickets for 5,607 runs, an average of 28.46. As a batsman, he played 103 first class innings, was not out 27 times and was never stumped. His average as a batsman was 8.73. Despite being a fantasic All-Rounder he was also the only Cricketer at the time capable of riding a unicycle. It is now also speculated that American Actor Tom Hanks basis much of his look upon this person.
). Claire Baring then lived with the late Lord Lambton (d. 30 December 2006) at Villa Cetinale
in Italy until his death, but they never married.
Baring was divorced in 1949 and married secondly Peggy Michell Gaskell, the daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Gaskell, on 23 May 1949, but they had no children.
By his daughter, Baring had three grandchildren, the actress Rachel Ward
(1957), the actress and environmentalist Tracy Worcester
(1958), and Alexander Evelyn Giles Ward (1961).
Roehampton
Roehampton is a district in south-west London, forming the western end of the London Borough of Wandsworth. It lies between the town of Barnes to the north, Putney to the east and Wimbledon Common to the south. The Richmond Park golf courses are west of the neighbourhood, and just south of these is...
, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, 21 January 1910, died Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne
Newcastle upon Tyne is a city and metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Historically a part of Northumberland, it is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne...
, Northumberland
Northumberland
Northumberland is the northernmost ceremonial county and a unitary district in North East England. For Eurostat purposes Northumberland is a NUTS 3 region and is one of three boroughs or unitary districts that comprise the "Northumberland and Tyne and Wear" NUTS 2 region...
, 29 August 1986), known as Giles Baring, was a first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
English
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er between the years 1930 and 1946.
Background
A member of the Baring family of Barings BankBarings Bank
Barings Bank was the oldest merchant bank in London until its collapse in 1995 after one of the bank's employees, Nick Leeson, lost £827 million due to speculative investing, primarily in futures contracts, at the bank's Singapore office.-History:-1762–1890:Barings Bank was founded in 1762 as the...
, Giles Baring was the third son of Lt-Colonel the Hon. Guy Victor Baring
Guy Baring
Guy Victor Baring was a British Army officer and politician. He became a Conservative member of the British Parliament but was one of 22 Members killed in action in the First World War.-Background:...
, MP
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
, Coldstream Guards
Coldstream Guards
Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards , is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division....
, (1873–1916), himself the son of Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton
Alexander Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton
Alexander Hugh Baring, 4th Baron Ashburton DL was a British landowner and Conservative Party politician.Baring was the son of Francis Baring, 3rd Baron Ashburton and his wife Hortense Eugenie Claire Maret de Bassano . He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church, Oxford, graduating in...
(1835–1889), and Olive Althea Smith (1887–1964). Giles Baring's father, Colonel Guy Baring, was Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
for Winchester
Winchester
Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
from 1906 until his death in action in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
on 15 September 1916, leaving six children.
Education
Baring was educated at West Downs SchoolWest Downs School
West Downs School, Romsey Road, Winchester, Hampshire, was an English independent preparatory school, which was established in 1897 and closed in 1988.-History:...
, Winchester, Gresham's School
Gresham's School
Gresham’s School is an independent coeducational boarding school in Holt in North Norfolk, England, a member of the HMC.The school was founded in 1555 by Sir John Gresham as a free grammar school for forty boys, following King Henry VIII's dissolution of the Augustinian priory at Beeston Regis...
, Holt
Holt, Norfolk
Holt is a market town and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The town is north of the city of Norwich, west of Cromer and east of King's Lynn. The town is on the route of the A148 King's Lynn to Cromer road. The nearest railway station is in the town of Sheringham where access to the...
, and Magdalene College
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...
, Cambridge.
Cricketer
He represented Cambridge University in 1930 and 1931 and HampshireHampshire County Cricket Club
Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...
between 1930 and 1939. Apart from more than fifty regular county championship games, he played in the Cambridge University v New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
ers match of 3 June 1931, for the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players
Gentlemen v Players
The Gentlemen v Players game was a first-class cricket match that was generally played on an annual basis between one team consisting of amateurs and one of professionals . The first two games took place in 1806 but the fixture was not revived until 1819. It was more or less annual thereafter...
matches of 2 September 1931 and 11 July 1934, for Hampshire in Hampshire v West Indians on 24 May 1933, for Hampshire in Hampshire v Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
ns on 23 May 1934, for Hampshire in Hampshire v South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
ns on 22 May 1935, for Hampshire in Hampshire v Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
ns on 25 May 1938, and for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI v Australian Services on 7 July 1945.
He played for the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
between 1935 and 1946, and his last first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
game was in the MCC
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
v Cambridge University match of 29 June 1946.
Baring was a right-arm fast bowler and also a right-hand batsman. As a bowler, he took 197 wickets for 5,607 runs, an average of 28.46. As a batsman, he played 103 first class innings, was not out 27 times and was never stumped. His average as a batsman was 8.73. Despite being a fantasic All-Rounder he was also the only Cricketer at the time capable of riding a unicycle. It is now also speculated that American Actor Tom Hanks basis much of his look upon this person.
Family
He married firstly, on 25 May 1935, Mona Montgomerie Mullins, the daughter of Colonel W. B. Mullins of Ambersham House, Midhurst, Sussex, and they had one daughter, Claire Leonora Baring, born 29 February 1936, who was married to (and then divorced from) the Hon. Peter Alistair Ward (a son of the 3rd Earl of DudleyWilliam Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley
William Humble Eric Ward, 3rd Earl of Dudley, MC , known as Viscount Ednam until 1932, was a British Conservative politician.-Biography:...
). Claire Baring then lived with the late Lord Lambton (d. 30 December 2006) at Villa Cetinale
Villa Cetinale
Villa Cetinale is a 17th century villa in Tuscany, Italy, located in the hamlet of Cetinale near Sovicille and about 12 km west of Siena....
in Italy until his death, but they never married.
Baring was divorced in 1949 and married secondly Peggy Michell Gaskell, the daughter of Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Gaskell, on 23 May 1949, but they had no children.
By his daughter, Baring had three grandchildren, the actress Rachel Ward
Rachel Ward
Rachel Claire Ward, AM is a British actress, columnist, film director, and screenwriter who has primarily pursued her career in Australia.-Early life:...
(1957), the actress and environmentalist Tracy Worcester
Tracy Louise Ward
Tracy Louise Ward, Marchioness of Worcester, frequently referred to as Tracy Worcester is a former actress, now an environmental campaigner.She is a daughter of the Hon...
(1958), and Alexander Evelyn Giles Ward (1961).