Baring Brothers & Co Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Baring, John & Francis, & Co
- Baring, Sir Francis, & Co
- Barings Plc
- Baring, Sir Francis
- ING
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
General trading & trade
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Merchanting & trade, international & inland
Government contracting re naval & military supplies
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Financial services
Investment management services inc investment trusts, unit trust, pension funds, etc
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Financial services
Merchant & investment banking services
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Transport services
Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Established in 1762 as John & Francis Baring & Co, merchants and merchant bankers. Later known as Sir Francis Baring & Co and as Baring Brothers & Co. Provided trade finance to international merchants and issued bonds for overseas governments, municipalities and businesses, especially railway companies. Especially active re United States, Canada, Argentina and Russia. Collapsed in 1890 when rescued by a Bank of England loan and reconstructed as Baring Brothers & Co Ltd. In 20th century notable for corporate finance activity and later asset management. As Barings Plc collapsed in 1995 as a result of unauthorised trading by N Leeson when assets acquired by ING
Publications:
- A friend in need. Thomas Lawrence and the Baring family by Orbell, John
- 'A private banking house at war. Barings and Russia, 1914-17' in E Green, J Lampe & F Stiblar (eds), Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking. Exploring the history and archives of banking at times of political and social stress by Orbell, John
- After Abolition. Britain and the slave trade since 1807 by Sherwood, Marika
- All that Glitters. The rise and fall of Barings by Gapper, John, & Nicholas Denton
- 'An alternative method. Francis Baring as government agent' in N Baker, Government and Contractors. The British Treasury and war supplies, 1775-1783 by Baker, Norman
- Anglo American merchant bankers and the railroads of the old Northwest, 1848-1860 by Hidy, Ralph W & Muriel E Hidy
- Argentina and the Baring Crisis of 1890 by Ford, A G
- Arthur Villiers 1883-1969 by Shaw-Kennedy, R F
- At Spes Non Fracta. Hope & Co, 1770-1815 by Buist, Marten G
- 'Atlantic slavery and classical culture at Marble Hill and Northington Grange' in M Dresser & A Hann (eds), Slavery and the British Country House by Brown, Laurence
- 'Avoidance of Catastrophe. Two nineteenth century banking crises' in F Capie & G E Wood (eds), Financial Crises and the World Banking System by Batchelor, R A
- Baring Brothers & Co and Japanese private railway investments, 1901-1906 by Suzuki, Toshio
- Baring Brothers & Co Ltd. A history to 1939 by Orbell, John
- Baring Brothers and the Birth of Modern Finance by Austin, Peter E
- Baring Brothers and the Panic of 1837 by Austin, Peter E
- Baring Brothers. Some furniture of a merchant banking house by Ingram, Thomas L
- Baring Brothers, the Bank of England and the British Government and the Czechoslovak State Loan 1922 by Orde, Anne
- Baring Brothers y la Historia Politica Argentina by Pena, R O, & E L Duhalde
- Baring, Wellington and the resurrection of French public finances following Waterloo by Oosterlinck, Kim, Loredana Ureche-Rangau & Jacques-Marie Vaslin
- Barings. A historia do banco Britanico que salvou Portugal by Sobral, Fernando, & Paula Alexandra Cordeiro
- Barings Bank, William Bingham and the Rise of the American Nation. A transatlantic relationship from the Revolutionary War through the Louisiana Purchase by Tearle, David
- Barings Lost. Nick Leeson and the collapse of Barings Plc by Hunt, Luke, & Karen Heinrich
- 'Barings. The sixth great power' in J Wechsberg, The Merchant Bankers by Wechsberg, Joseph
- Bertram Wodehouse Currie, 1827-1896. Recollections, letters and journals by Currie, Caroline L (ed)
- Bonds and Bondholders. British investors and Mexico's foreign debt, 1824-88 by Costeloe, Michael
- British Financial Crises Since 1825 by Dimsdale, Nicholas, & Anthony C Hotson (eds)
- British Investment in American Railways, 1834-1898 by Adler, Dorothy R
- Cazenove & Co. A history by Kynaston, David
- Collapse of Barings by Fay, Stephen
- Competition in the underwriting markets of sovereign debt. The Baring Crisis revisited by Flores, Juan H
- Contagion effects of three late nineteenth century British bank failures by Mahate, Ashraf A
- Corporate governance. Lessons from Barings by Hogan, Warren P
- Die krisen des bankhauses Barings 1890 & 1995. Ein beitrag analye ihrer ursachen ablaufe und folgen by Kornet, J
- Ethnicity and money making in nineteenth century Britain by Chapman, Stanley D
- Explaining Latin America's persistent defaults. An analysis of the debtor-creditor relations in London by Flores, Juan H
- 'Financing the Bagdadbahn. Barings, the City and the Foreign Office, 1902-03' in A K B Evans & J V Gough (eds), The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain. Essays in honour of Jack Simmons by Cottrell, P L
- First Latin American Debt Crisis. The City of London and the 1822-25 loan bubble by Dawson, Frank G
- Foreign Finance in Continental Europe and the United States, 1815-1870. Quantities, origins, functions and distribution by Platt, D C M
- From Crisis to Crisis. The transformation of merchant banking, 1914-1939 by O'Sullivan, Brian
- Going for Broke. Nick Leeson and the collapse of Barings Bank by Rawnsley, Judith
- 'Gold reserves, banking reserves and the Baring Crisis of 1890' in C R Whittlesey & J S G Wilson (eds), Essays in Money and Banking in Honour of R S Sayers by Pressnell, L S
- Guide to the Baring Archive at ING Barings by Waller, Jane
- Historical archives of ING Barings by Orbell, John
- House of Baring in American Trade and Finance. English merchant bankers at work, 1763-1861 by Hidy, Ralph W
- 'How to survive. Barings' in R Kellett, The Merchant Banking Arena; with case studies by Kellett, Richard
- In the Locker of My Memory. Extracts from an oral history of Barings by Hudson, Katharine
- Information asymmetries and conflict of interest during the Baring Crisis, 1880-1890 by Flores, Juan H
- Information brokers and the making of the Baring Crisis by Vedoveli, Paula
- Japanese Government Loan Issues on the London Capital Market, 1870-1913 by Suzuki, Toshio
- La deuda exterior de Mexico y los 'merchant bankers' Britanicos, 1821-1860 by Liehr, Reinhard
- London merchant banks in the first phase of heavy borrowing. The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada by Platt, D C M, & J Adelman
- 'Lord Shelburne, Finance and Sir Francis Baring' in Nigel Aston & Clarissa Campbell-Orr (eds), An Enlightenment Statesman in Whig Britain. Lord Shelburne in context, 1737-1805 by Orbell, John
- Making a Modern Central Bank. The Bank of England, 1979-2003 by James, Harold
- Merchant Bankers by Wechsberg, Joseph
- Merchant Banking Arena; with case studies by Kellett, Richard
- Merchants, money and mischief. The British in Mexico, 1821-1862 by Tenenbaum, Barbara A
- Patrick Shaw Stewart. An Edwardian meteor by Jebb, Miles
- Politics, Markets and Mexico's 'London Debt', 1823-87 by Salvucci, Richard J
- Price of Emancipation. Slave ownership, compensation and British society at the end of slavery by Draper, Nicholas
- 'Private banks and international finance in the light of the archives of Baring Brothers' in Y Cassis & P Cottrell (eds), World of Private Banking by Orbell, John
- Rise of Merchant Banking by Chapman, Stanley D
- Rogue Trader by Leeson, Nick, with Edward Whitley
- Sixth Great Power. Barings 1762-1929 by Ziegler, Philip
- Sixth Great Power in Europe. The Barings in high finance, 1763-1870 by Platt, D C M
- The art of ING Barings by Orbell, John, & Jane Waller
- The Dynamics of Organizational Collapse. The case of Barings Bank by Drummond, Helga
- The Grange, Hampshire by Osborne, Richard
- The 'Grasshopper' in Lombard Street by Martin, John B
- Tributes Paid to Sir Edward Peacock by Various authors or editors
- Version historica Argentina sobre la Crisis de Baring Brothers & Co en 1890 by Cuccorese, H J
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Baring, John & Francis, & Co
- Baring, Sir Francis, & Co
- Barings Plc
- Baring, Sir Francis
- ING
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
Sectors:
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland General trading & trade
- Merchanting & trade, international & inland Government contracting re naval & military supplies
- Financial services Investment management services inc investment trusts, unit trust, pension funds, etc
- Financial services Merchant & investment banking services
- Transport services Shipping services - long distance, inc ship ownership & management
Notes:
Established in 1762 as John & Francis Baring & Co, merchants and merchant bankers. Later known as Sir Francis Baring & Co and as Baring Brothers & Co. Provided trade finance to international merchants and issued bonds for overseas governments, municipalities and businesses, especially railway companies. Especially active re United States, Canada, Argentina and Russia. Collapsed in 1890 when rescued by a Bank of England loan and reconstructed as Baring Brothers & Co Ltd. In 20th century notable for corporate finance activity and later asset management. As Barings Plc collapsed in 1995 as a result of unauthorised trading by N Leeson when assets acquired by INGPublications:
- A friend in need. Thomas Lawrence and the Baring family by Orbell, John
- 'A private banking house at war. Barings and Russia, 1914-17' in E Green, J Lampe & F Stiblar (eds), Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking. Exploring the history and archives of banking at times of political and social stress by Orbell, John
- After Abolition. Britain and the slave trade since 1807 by Sherwood, Marika
- All that Glitters. The rise and fall of Barings by Gapper, John, & Nicholas Denton
- 'An alternative method. Francis Baring as government agent' in N Baker, Government and Contractors. The British Treasury and war supplies, 1775-1783 by Baker, Norman
- Anglo American merchant bankers and the railroads of the old Northwest, 1848-1860 by Hidy, Ralph W & Muriel E Hidy
- Argentina and the Baring Crisis of 1890 by Ford, A G
- Arthur Villiers 1883-1969 by Shaw-Kennedy, R F
- At Spes Non Fracta. Hope & Co, 1770-1815 by Buist, Marten G
- 'Atlantic slavery and classical culture at Marble Hill and Northington Grange' in M Dresser & A Hann (eds), Slavery and the British Country House by Brown, Laurence
- 'Avoidance of Catastrophe. Two nineteenth century banking crises' in F Capie & G E Wood (eds), Financial Crises and the World Banking System by Batchelor, R A
- Baring Brothers & Co and Japanese private railway investments, 1901-1906 by Suzuki, Toshio
- Baring Brothers & Co Ltd. A history to 1939 by Orbell, John
- Baring Brothers and the Birth of Modern Finance by Austin, Peter E
- Baring Brothers and the Panic of 1837 by Austin, Peter E
- Baring Brothers. Some furniture of a merchant banking house by Ingram, Thomas L
- Baring Brothers, the Bank of England and the British Government and the Czechoslovak State Loan 1922 by Orde, Anne
- Baring Brothers y la Historia Politica Argentina by Pena, R O, & E L Duhalde
- Baring, Wellington and the resurrection of French public finances following Waterloo by Oosterlinck, Kim, Loredana Ureche-Rangau & Jacques-Marie Vaslin
- Barings. A historia do banco Britanico que salvou Portugal by Sobral, Fernando, & Paula Alexandra Cordeiro
- Barings Bank, William Bingham and the Rise of the American Nation. A transatlantic relationship from the Revolutionary War through the Louisiana Purchase by Tearle, David
- Barings Lost. Nick Leeson and the collapse of Barings Plc by Hunt, Luke, & Karen Heinrich
- 'Barings. The sixth great power' in J Wechsberg, The Merchant Bankers by Wechsberg, Joseph
- Bertram Wodehouse Currie, 1827-1896. Recollections, letters and journals by Currie, Caroline L (ed)
- Bonds and Bondholders. British investors and Mexico's foreign debt, 1824-88 by Costeloe, Michael
- British Financial Crises Since 1825 by Dimsdale, Nicholas, & Anthony C Hotson (eds)
- British Investment in American Railways, 1834-1898 by Adler, Dorothy R
- Cazenove & Co. A history by Kynaston, David
- Collapse of Barings by Fay, Stephen
- Competition in the underwriting markets of sovereign debt. The Baring Crisis revisited by Flores, Juan H
- Contagion effects of three late nineteenth century British bank failures by Mahate, Ashraf A
- Corporate governance. Lessons from Barings by Hogan, Warren P
- Die krisen des bankhauses Barings 1890 & 1995. Ein beitrag analye ihrer ursachen ablaufe und folgen by Kornet, J
- Ethnicity and money making in nineteenth century Britain by Chapman, Stanley D
- Explaining Latin America's persistent defaults. An analysis of the debtor-creditor relations in London by Flores, Juan H
- 'Financing the Bagdadbahn. Barings, the City and the Foreign Office, 1902-03' in A K B Evans & J V Gough (eds), The Impact of the Railway on Society in Britain. Essays in honour of Jack Simmons by Cottrell, P L
- First Latin American Debt Crisis. The City of London and the 1822-25 loan bubble by Dawson, Frank G
- Foreign Finance in Continental Europe and the United States, 1815-1870. Quantities, origins, functions and distribution by Platt, D C M
- From Crisis to Crisis. The transformation of merchant banking, 1914-1939 by O'Sullivan, Brian
- Going for Broke. Nick Leeson and the collapse of Barings Bank by Rawnsley, Judith
- 'Gold reserves, banking reserves and the Baring Crisis of 1890' in C R Whittlesey & J S G Wilson (eds), Essays in Money and Banking in Honour of R S Sayers by Pressnell, L S
- Guide to the Baring Archive at ING Barings by Waller, Jane
- Historical archives of ING Barings by Orbell, John
- House of Baring in American Trade and Finance. English merchant bankers at work, 1763-1861 by Hidy, Ralph W
- 'How to survive. Barings' in R Kellett, The Merchant Banking Arena; with case studies by Kellett, Richard
- In the Locker of My Memory. Extracts from an oral history of Barings by Hudson, Katharine
- Information asymmetries and conflict of interest during the Baring Crisis, 1880-1890 by Flores, Juan H
- Information brokers and the making of the Baring Crisis by Vedoveli, Paula
- Japanese Government Loan Issues on the London Capital Market, 1870-1913 by Suzuki, Toshio
- La deuda exterior de Mexico y los 'merchant bankers' Britanicos, 1821-1860 by Liehr, Reinhard
- London merchant banks in the first phase of heavy borrowing. The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada by Platt, D C M, & J Adelman
- 'Lord Shelburne, Finance and Sir Francis Baring' in Nigel Aston & Clarissa Campbell-Orr (eds), An Enlightenment Statesman in Whig Britain. Lord Shelburne in context, 1737-1805 by Orbell, John
- Making a Modern Central Bank. The Bank of England, 1979-2003 by James, Harold
- Merchant Bankers by Wechsberg, Joseph
- Merchant Banking Arena; with case studies by Kellett, Richard
- Merchants, money and mischief. The British in Mexico, 1821-1862 by Tenenbaum, Barbara A
- Patrick Shaw Stewart. An Edwardian meteor by Jebb, Miles
- Politics, Markets and Mexico's 'London Debt', 1823-87 by Salvucci, Richard J
- Price of Emancipation. Slave ownership, compensation and British society at the end of slavery by Draper, Nicholas
- 'Private banks and international finance in the light of the archives of Baring Brothers' in Y Cassis & P Cottrell (eds), World of Private Banking by Orbell, John
- Rise of Merchant Banking by Chapman, Stanley D
- Rogue Trader by Leeson, Nick, with Edward Whitley
- Sixth Great Power. Barings 1762-1929 by Ziegler, Philip
- Sixth Great Power in Europe. The Barings in high finance, 1763-1870 by Platt, D C M
- The art of ING Barings by Orbell, John, & Jane Waller
- The Dynamics of Organizational Collapse. The case of Barings Bank by Drummond, Helga
- The Grange, Hampshire by Osborne, Richard
- The 'Grasshopper' in Lombard Street by Martin, John B
- Tributes Paid to Sir Edward Peacock by Various authors or editors
- Version historica Argentina sobre la Crisis de Baring Brothers & Co en 1890 by Cuccorese, H J