Elizabeth Baring
Elizabeth Baring was an English merchant.
She married the German immigrant Johann Baring, who founded a successful wooling trade business which became one of the major companies in the British wooling industry. They had five children: John Baring, Thomas Vowler, Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, Charles, and Elizabeth. She took over the company after the death of her spouse in 1748. She managed it with success and was described as an intelligent woman with a good sense of business, and was among the more successful businesswomen in Britain at the time. Her company grew to become one of the largest in Britain and the foundation of what was later to become the Barings Bank.
