Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
(1841-1917), Consul-General in EgyptSitter in 35 portraits
Sir Evelyn Baring was an administrator and diplomat whose twenty-four year rule in Egypt as British agent and Consul General (1883-1907) profoundly influenced Egypt's development as a modern state. Born of a family distinguished in politics and banking, Evelyn Baring received his training at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, from which he graduated at the age of seventeen. He received a commission in the Royal Artillery and served in Corfu, Malta, and Jamaica. For a while he served in the War Office, but military life was not to his taste, and when in 1872 his cousin, Lord Northbrook, just named viceroy to India, offered to take him along as his private secretary, Baring accepted.
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Alexander Bassano
albumen print, 1883
NPG P1700(44d)
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by John Singer Sargent
oil on canvas, 1902
NPG 2901
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 19 April 1862
NPG Ax57578
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 19 April 1862
NPG Ax57579
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 22 June 1862 (19 April 1862)
NPG Ax58779
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, 22 June 1862 (19 April 1862)
NPG Ax58780
by Camille Silvy
albumen print, circa 1862 (19 April 1862)
NPG Ax58877
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Alexander Bassano
albumen cabinet card, 1870-1880
NPG x7033
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, 1880s
NPG x7302
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Alexander Bassano, published by Ogden's
cigarette card, 1883, published circa 1894-1907
NPG x197050
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96259
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96566
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by H. Walter Barnett
vintage bromide print, 1900-1917
NPG x45416
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by H. Walter Barnett
half-plate glass negative, 1901-1903
NPG x76132
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by H. Walter Barnett
half-plate glass negative, 1901-1903
NPG x76133
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by H. Walter Barnett
half-plate glass negative, 1901-1903
NPG x76134
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1901-1903
NPG x81515
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1901-1903
NPG x81516
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype, 1903
NPG x7034
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype, 1903
NPG x7035
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by George Charles Beresford
sepia-toned platinotype, 1903
NPG x7036
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1907
NPG x86884
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1907
NPG x127426
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG x7037
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39173
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
after Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland
lithograph, 1898
NPG D23368
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer ('Statesmen. No. 744.')
by Sir Leslie Ward
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 2 January 1902
NPG D45099
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
after Henry John Stock
collotype, 1908
NPG D20791
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
after Henry John Stock
collotype, 1908
NPG D34314
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by William Strang
drypoint, 1908
NPG D34315
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by London Stereoscopic & Photographic Company
albumen cabinet card, circa 1880
NPG x7032
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Alexander Bassano
half-plate glass negative, 1883
NPG x96565
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by H. Walter Barnett
whole-plate glass negative, 1901-1903
NPG x81514
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1903
NPG x6479
Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer
by Elliott & Fry
half-plate glass negative, 1907
NPG x95289
Related People
- Margaret (née Baring), Viscountess Althorp (niece)
- Alexander Baring, 1st Baron Ashburton (uncle)
- Sir Francis Baring, 1st Bt (grandfather)
- Lady Harriet Baring (née Herring) (grandmother)
- Maurice Baring (nephew)
- Ethel (née Errington), Countess of Cromer (wife)
- Katherine Georgiana Louisa (née Thynne), Countess of Cromer (wife)
- (Charles) Evelyn Baring, 1st Baron Howick of Glendale (son)
- Edward Charles Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (brother)
- John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke (nephew)
- Lydia Storey (aunt)
- Cecilia Annetta (née Baring), Lady Suffield (sister)
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