The Hon Susan Mary Baring, who died 10 March, 2026, aged 95, was a scion of the Barons Renwick.
She was born 5 June, 1930, eldest child of the then Robert Burnham Renwick (born 4 Oct, 1904), and his wife the former Dorothy Mary Parkes (1908-2001).
Her father was controller of Communications Air Ministry and Communication Equipment Ministry of Aircraft Production. He succeeded his father as a baronet in 1932. He was member of the Aircraft Supply Council between 1942 and 1945, and was appointed KBE in 1944.He was raised to the peerage in 1964, as a hereditary peer, taking the title Baron Renwick, of Coombe, co. Surrey. He was among the last of the hereditary peers to be so created. He died 30 August, 1973.
Susan Renwick married firstly, 25 November, 1955 (div.1984), the then Hon John Francis Harcourt Baring (born 2 November, 1928), son and heir of the 6th Baron Ashburton, KG, KCVO (1898-1991), and his wife the former Hon Doris Mary Thérèse Harcourt (1900-1981), scion of the Viscounts Harcourt. Her first husband succeeded his father, 12 June, 1991, as the 7th Baron Ashburton. He was appointed KCVO in 1990, and created a Knight of the Garter in 1994. He died 6 October, 2020.
Susan Baring married 2ndly, 26 June, 1997, André Walter George Newburg (1928-2018), & retained the surname of Baring after her 2nd marriage.
She leaves issue from her first marriage, two sons, Mark, 8th Baron Ashburton (born 17 Aug, 1958), and the Hon Alexander Baring (born 15 Feb, 1964), and two daughters, the Hon Lucinda (born 20 Oct, 1956), who married a scion of the Earl of Lisburne, and the Hon Rose Baring (born 7 Dec, 1961).
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