distributed among his children other than Thomas, who inherited the balance; his capital remaining in Baring Brothers & Co. amounted to almost £70,000; his Hampshire and Lee estates were valued at £400,000; and his pictures, jewels, and furniture were worth almost £30,000. Works The Principle of the Commutation-Act established by Facts, 1786 Observations on the Establishment of the Bank of England, 1797 Further Observations on the Establishment of the Bank of England, 1797 Observations on the Publication of Walter Boyd, Esq., M.P., 1801 References Attribution Further reading P. Ziegler, The sixth great power: Barings, 1762–1929 (1988) R. W. Hidy, The house of Baring in American trade and finance: English merchant bankers at work, 1763–1861 (1949) M. G. Buist, At spes non-fracta: Hope and Co., 1770–1815 (1974) J. Orbell, Baring Brothers & Co. Limited: a history to 1939 (privately printed, London, 1985) R. C. Alberts, The golden voyage: the life and times of William Bingham, 1752–1804 (1969) N. Baker, Government and contractors: the British treasury and war suppliers, 1775–1783 (1971) Public characters of 1809–10 (1809), appx 12, p. 590 'Sir Francis Baring, Bart.', Public characters of 1805 (1805), 30–39 ING Barings, London, Barings archives External links Francis Baring on the Risks and Rewards website, including portrait The Hammersley Connection, showing the relationship of the Baring family to other banking families 1740 births 1810 deaths Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain English bankers West Indies merchants History of banking Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Directors of the British East India Company Politicians from Exeter UK MPs 1801–1802 UK MPs 1802–1806 Francis British MPs 1784–1790 British MPs 1790–1796 British MPs 1796–1800 Businesspeople from Exeter