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Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Lord
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Second son of Sir Francis Baring, a Liberal politician, turned Conservative, member of Peel's administration in 1834-35, sent special ambassador to the United States in 1842; concluded the boundary treaty of Washington, known as the Ashburton Treaty; in his retirement "a really good, solid, most cheery, sagacious, simple-hearted old man" (1774-1848).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Lord'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/a/ashburton-alexander-baring-lord.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.