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Doris Mary Thérèse Baring, Baroness Ashburton (née Harcourt; 30 March 1900 – 9 May 1981) was an English socialite, part of the "Bright Young Things" of the early 20th century.
Early life
Doris Mary Thérèse Harcourt was born on 30 March 1900, the daughter of Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt, and Mary Ethel Burns. Her mother was the daughter of Anglo-American banker Walter Hayes Burns and the former Mary Lyman Morgan (sister of J. Pierpont Morgan).
At 18 months, they found that Doris Harcourt had a weak leg and she was subjected to electric shock treatment and steel supports were put in her boots.
Personal life
On 17 November 1924, she married Alexander Baring, the only son of Francis Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton and the former Claire Hortense. After his father died in 1938, he became the 6th Baron Ashburton. Together, they had two sons:
John Francis Harcourt Baring (1928-2020), who succeeded as 7th Baron Ashburton and married Susan Mary Renwick, a daughter of Robert Renwick, 1st Baron Renwick. They divorced in 1984 and he remarried to Sarah Cornelia Spencer-Churchill, a daughter of John Spencer-Churchill, a grandniece of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Hon. Robin Alexander Baring (b. 1931), who married Anne Caroline Thalia Gage (b. 1931), eldest daughter of the High Sheriff of Shropshire, Maj. Edward F. P. Gage of Chateau de Combecave, in 1960.
Through her marriage, the Baring family acquired the famous Harcourt emeralds.
She died in 1981.
References
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- Miracle on 34th Street
- Abraham Lincoln
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- I Love Lucy
- Daftar buku klasik anak-anak
- Daftar film hilang
- Daftar zoolog berdasarkan singkatan penulis
- Doris Harcourt
- Lewis Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt
- John Baring, 7th Baron Ashburton
- William Harcourt, 2nd Viscount Harcourt
- Doris (given name)
- 1981 in the United Kingdom
- Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton
- Mary Harcourt, Viscountess Harcourt
- Bright young things
- Francis Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton
