Sir Mark Baring, KCVO (1916–1988) was a British hospital administrator, financial services executive and public servant.
Windham Baring and his wife Lady Gweneth, née Ponsonby (later Cavendish), daughter of the 8th Earl of Bessborough.
[1] His father, who died aged only 42 in 1922, was the son of the 1st Earl of Cromer (a distinguished colonial administrator) and younger brother of the 2nd Earl (who was Lord Chamberlain); among other business interests, he was the managing director of the bank Messrs Baring Brothers and Company.
[3] From 1950 to 1976, Baring was the managing director of the discount brokerage Seccombe Marshall and Campion Ltd.[1][3] From 1966 to 1979, he was a General Commissioner for Income Tax.
[1] From 1969, he was the executive chairman of King Edward VII's Hospital in London,[3] which (alongside traditionally treating current and former members of the Armed Forces) has often been the hospital of choice for members of the British Royal Family.