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The son of Francis John Baring, 5th Baron Northbrook and Rowena Margaret Manning, Northbrook was educated at Winchester College and took a BA in History at Bristol University. He became a Trainee Chartered Accountant at Dixon Wilson & Co from 1976 to 1980. He then worked at Baring Brothers & Co as a Credit Analyst between 1981 and 1983. In 1983 he moved into the Asset Management side at Baring Investment Management as an Investment Analyst between 1983 and 1985. From 1985 to 1989 he was in the Private Client Department at Baring Investment Management. He them became a Senior Investment Manager at Taylor Young Investment from 1990 to 1993 and at Smith and Williamson Securities from 1993 to 1995. He was then the cofounder and Director of the award winning Mars Asset Management between 1996 and 2006. He is now a founding Trustee of the Fortune Forum Charity (www.fortuneforum.org) which in its first year raised over £1 million for global poverty global health and environmental charities with ex US President Bill Clinton as guest speaker and this year has Al Gore speaking at their event at the end of November. Lord Northbrook took his seat in the House Of Lords on the death of his father in 1990 . He is now one of the ninety two Hereditary Peer s who remain in the House Of Lords after the House Of Lords Act of 1999 . Lord Northbrook sits on the Conservative benches and was an Opposition Whip in the House Of Lords from 1999 to 2000 . He speaks on Treasury,Constitutional and Agricultural matters. In 1987 Lord Northbrook married Amelia Sarah Elizabeth Taylor. They have three daughters, but were divorced in 2006. As of today, there is no heir to the Barony of Northbrook. However, there is an heir to the Baronetcy also held by Lord Northbrook, namely his distant relative Peter Baring. Lord Northbrook's home in Hampshire was destroyed by fire on {Link without Title} as a consequence of the divorce.. His main hobbies are shooting cricket fishing and skiing. |
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