Samuel Waring, 1st Baron Waring

[1] He was the grandson of John Waring, who had arrived in Liverpool from Belfast in 1835 and established a wholesale cabinet maker business.

In 1893 Waring was given the task of opening a branch of the family furniture making company in London.

He was also a director of the Duchess of Sutherland's Cripples' Guild, a member of Executive Committee of National Association of Ex-Soldiers, a supporter of Boy Scout Movement and founder of the Higher Production Council.

[8] In 1922 he was further honoured when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Waring, of Foots Cray Place in the County of Kent,[9] in recognition of him being a "Pioneer of decorative art in furnishing ... [and a] Generous supporter of charities.

Lord Waring died at his home in London in January 1940, aged 79, when the baronetcy and barony became extinct.