Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale

Who was Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale?

Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale, KG, GCMG, KCVO was Governor of Southern Rhodesia from 1942 to 1944 and Governor of Kenya from 1952 to 1959. His governorship of Kenya was marked by the Mau Mau uprising.

Born to the wealthy Baring banking family and a younger son of Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, the first British ruler of Egypt, Baring was created 1st Baron Howick of Glendale in 1960 and a Knight of the Garter in 1972. He married, in 1935, Mary Cecil Grey, who was the daughter of Charles Grey, 5th Earl Grey. She inherited the 18th-century mansion Howick Hall from her father when he died in 1963, thus providing the source of Baring's eventual title.