Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945

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Maurice Baring was born on April 27, 1874, as the eighth child and fifth son of Edward Charles Baring, first Baron Revelstoke and Louisa Emily Charlotte Bulteel. Born in the West End of London, Baring attended Eton College and then Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1898, he joined the diplomatic service. In 1904, he became a journalist and reported on the Russo-Japanese War in Manchuria for the Morning Post. Later, he was a correspondent in Russia and Istanbul (Constantinople).

During World War One, Baring joined the headquarters staff of the Royal Flying Corps. In 1918, Baring served as a staff officer in the Royal Air Force and was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). In 1925, Baring received an honorary commission as a wing commander in the Reserve of Air Force Officers.

Baring published novels, including C (1924), Cat’s Cradle (1925), and Daphne Adeane (1926); poems, parodies, and essays, such as Dead Letters (1910) and Diminutive Dramas (1911); and a study of Sarah Bernhardt (1933). He was staunch in his anti-intellectualism with respect to the arts. He was also a distinguished Russian scholar and translator. He recorded his personality and experiences, until the outbreak of World War I, in The Puppet Show of Memory (1922), and his anthology Have You Anything to Declare? (1936). During the last 15 years of Baring’s life, he suffered from Parkinson’s Disease. Baring died of complications from Parkinson’s on December 14th, 1945 in Beaufort Castle, Beauly, Inverness-shire, Scotland.

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referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D Houghton Library
referencedIn Maurice Baring Typescript, 1927 Bodleian Library, Oxford
creatorOf Belloc Family Correspondence Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf Vol. XIII (ff. 258). 1930-1934.includes:f. 1 Karel Càpek, Czech dramatist: Letters to G. B. Shaw of Karel Càpek: 1924, 1930.f. 2 Roger Sherman Loomis, Professor at Columbia University: Letter to G. B. Shaw of Roger Sherman Loomis: 1930.f. 3 M...., 1930-1934 British Library
creatorOf Vol. XI (ff. 343). 1917-1922.includes:ff. 1, 7 Colonel Arthur Harry Hutton-Wilson, DSO; general staff: Correspondence with G. B. Shaw of Col. Arthur Harry Hutton-Wilson: 1917: Partly signed and copy.f. 2 Alice Cooke, secretary of 'The Three Arts..., 1917-1922 British Library
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein correspondence and other papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
creatorOf RUTLAND BOUGHTON CORRESPONDENCE. Vol. I (ff. 186). A-Scott, including:-(a) Frederic Austin; 1915, 1924. Partly signed. F. 1 printed, in part, by Hurd, on p. 56. ff. 1-4;-(b) Granville Bantock; 1913-1946. Partly signed. F. 7 printed on pp. 43-4. ff...., 1913-1954 British Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company correspondence and records, 1832-1944. Houghton Library
creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
creatorOf Sitwell, Osbert, 1892-1969. Letter : Cyprus, to Maurice [Baring], 1935 Feb. 15. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Papers, 1918-1932. Houghton Library
referencedIn Charles Geoffroy-Dechaume correspondence, 1907-1960. Houghton Library
creatorOf Vol. ii (ff. 200). Asquith, Lady Helen – Beerbohm, Sir Max.includes:f. 1 Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh, novelist: Anne Mary Celestine Asquith, wife of Julian, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith: Letter to Evelyn Arthur St John Waugh from Anne Mary Cele... British Library
referencedIn English literature mss., 1901-1950 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Maurice Baring papers Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. Maurice Baring letter to Countess Benckendorff, 1927 May 9. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
creatorOf Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. Letter, 1923, July 13, London, to P[hilip] D Sherman, Oberlin, Ohio. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn MS Mus. 241. DAME ETHEL SMYTH: ‘Fête Galante, A Dance-Dream in One Act’ to a libretto by the composer after Maurice Baring’s story of that name, versified by Edward Shanks; [1922]. Vocal score. Copy, in ink, with stage directions, rehearsal letters a..., 1922 British Library
creatorOf Vol. C (ff. 254). Jan.-July 1935.includes:ff. 1-5, 115, 153-159, 216, 217, 232 Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha, Baron Hore-Belisha: Correspondence, partly on his behalf, between Lord Cecil and Isaac Leslie Hore-Belisha: 1934, 1935: Signed. f. 6 Newspapers... British Library
creatorOf STRACHEY PAPERS (20TH CENTURY SERIES). Vol. II (ff. 171). 1. f. 1. Albert; 1919. 2. f. 2. A. Aldington; 1910. 3. f. 3. Richard Aldington; 1926. 4. f. 4. Feodorowna Strutt née Yorke, wife of Humphrey, 2nd Baron Alington; 1928. 5. f. 5. Ralph Alker; 19..., 1908-1945 British Library
referencedIn Autograph File, B, ca.1500-1982 Houghton Library
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf DAME ETHEL SMYTH: letters to her doctor, Professor Janos Plesch: 1935-1942. Partly German. Purchased at Sotheby's, 27 Nov. 1980, lot 311. Paper; ff. 51+26*. British Library arrangement., 1935-1942 British Library
creatorOf Papers, 1918-1932. Houghton Library
creatorOf Letter to Elizabeth Hudson / by Maurice Baring. McMaster University
referencedIn Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
referencedIn Edward Howard Marsh collection of papers, 1886]-1963, 1910-1952 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
referencedIn John Lane Company Records TXRC00-A11., 1856-1933, bulk 1894-1930 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn MacCarthy mss., 1863-1991 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn J.M. Dent & Sons records University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn Cleverdon mss. II, 1926-1988 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn James B. Pinker and Son collection of papers, 1893-1940 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Browne, Maurice, 1881-1955. Ellen Van Volkenburg-Maurice Browne general correspondence, 1911- University of Michigan
referencedIn Virginia Woolf collection of papers, 1882-1984, 1912-1940 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Maurice Baring collection, 1891-1939 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. Letter, 1925 Jan. 28, [London]. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Bridge, Ann, 1889-1974. Papers, 1815-1973, (bulk 1905-1973). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. Letters. 1922-1923. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. Papers, 1918-1932. Houghton Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company. Houghton Mifflin Company reader reports on manuscripts submitted for publication. 1882-1931. Houghton Library
creatorOf Warde, Frederic, 1894-1939. Fantasio: a comedy in two acts, Proofs-Drawings-Layout Design, 1927. Temple University Libraries, Paley Library
referencedIn Letters to Sir William Rothenstein from various correspondents, 1900-1945. Houghton Library
creatorOf G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. CCXCIX (ff. 274). Miscellaneous papers and correspondence relating to Chesterton, and other papers from the Chesterton papers; 1889-1976, n.d.Contents:1. ff. 1-2v. Extract of entry in Who's Who for George Laval Chesterto..., 1882-1976 British Library
creatorOf Duff, Juliet, Lady, 1881-1965. Lady Juliet Duff commonplace book, 1916. Boston College. John J. Burns Library
referencedIn Vol. XXIII (ff. 298). 1897-1923.includes:f. 1 Philip Henry Wodehouse Currie, Baron Currie; diplomatist: Correspondence, partly on behalf of Lord Salisbury, with Lord D'Abernon: 1889-1896.f. 1 Sir Charles Norton Edgcumbe Eliot, G C M G: Letters, p..., 1897-1923 British Library
referencedIn Houghton Mifflin Company contracts, 1831-1979 (inclusive) 1880-1940 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn [Reviews of Maurice Baring's works]. Churchill County Museum
referencedIn H. V. (Harold Vincent Marrot) correspondence concerning, The life and letters of John Galsworthy, 1933-1936. Houghton Library
referencedIn Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953. Papers, 1905-1937. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
creatorOf Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909. Algernon Charles Swinburne collection of papers, [1856]-1945 bulk (1866-1909). New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Maurice Baring collection Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf DUFF PAPERS. Vol. I (ff. 121). Letters from Maurice Baring, poet and man of letters, many written over a great variety of pseudonyms; 1916-1937, n.d. Partly autograph, partly typewritten.Lady Juliet Duff, daughter of the 4th Earl of Lonsdale: Letters..., 1916-1937 British Library
creatorOf Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), 1888-1935. T.E. Lawrence Collection, 1912-1966. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Smyth, Ethel, 1858-1944. Ethel Smyth collection, 1910-1962. University of Michigan
creatorOf G. K. CHESTERTON PAPERS. VOL. IV (ff. 127). Correspondence of Chesterton with Maurice Baring, including some letters to Frances Chesterton and Dorothy Collins; 1908-1942. Partly signed, the letters from Chesterton being typewritten copies of original..., 1908-1942 British Library
referencedIn W. S. (William Schwenck) Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan additional printed ephemera, 1815-2008. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn 'Fête Galante': opera, described as 'A Dance-Dream' (f. 3), in one act by Dame Ethel Smyth (libretto, the composer after Maurice Baring, versified by Edward Shanks); 1922. Autograph. Full score. Dated 6 Nov. 1922 (f. 11v). The manuscript makes provis..., 1922 British Library
creatorOf SUPPLEMENTARY ABERCONWAY PAPERS. Vol. II A (ff. 130.) 1. Letters from: Maurice Baring, 1921: -John Christie, 1939: -C.B. Cochran, 1927: -Ada Leverson, 1927, n.d.: -Andrée and Dugald Sutherland Maccoll, 1945-1948: -A.E.W. Mason, 1927?, 1939?: -S..., 1911-1956 British Library
creatorOf WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. IV. 1928-1937. ff. 348. 350 x 250mm.includes:ff. 5, 61 Enoch Arnold Bennett, author: Letters to Sir Evelyn Wrench from Enoch Arnold Bennett: 1928-1929: Signed. f. 6 Bernard Richard Meirion Darwin, sportswriter and essayist; son o..., 1928-1937 British Library
creatorOf Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. Letter to Mr. Lunt, 23rd July, 1929 : typed. University of Wisconsin - Madison, General Library System
referencedIn B. T. B. (Basil Temple Blackwood), 1870-1917. Illustrated letter, [1908?] Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Maurice Baring collection Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf SUPPLEMENTARY SHAW PAPERS. Vol. VIII (ff. 251). Miscellaneous correspondence of G. B. Shaw; 1905-1949, n.d. Partly autograph.Drama: Literary History: George Bernard Shaw, author: Correspondence and papers of George Bernard Shaw: 1888-1950, n.d.includ..., 1905-1949 British Library
referencedIn Biography of J. M. Barrie: Sir Charles Blake Cochran’s (b.1872, d.1951) printed copy of The Story of J. M. B.: A Biography (1941) by Denis Mackail, interleaved with mostly autograph letters to Cochran; 17 July 1934-23 May 1945, n.d. The interleaved ... British Library
referencedIn Clark, Robert Sterling, 1877-1956. Sterling and Francine Clark Papers: Reading Library, 1707-1961. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
referencedIn Rogers Memorial Collection: Henry Munroe Rogers papers, 1812-1937 (inclusive), 1862-1937 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Algernon Charles Swinburne collection of papers, 1856]-1945, 1866-1909 The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature.
creatorOf Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. Autograph letter signed : Chelsea, [London], to Hobbes, 1931 Nov. 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Baring, Maurice, 1874-1945. 1 TLS, 1940 June 24, Half-Way House, Steyning Road, Rottingdean, Nr. Brighton [Eng.], to H. W. New York Public Library System, NYPL
creatorOf Letters to Edmund Gosse from various correspondents; 1875-1927. The letters are arranged in alphabetical order. Quarto; ff. 448.includes:ff. 1, 1b Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minist..., 1875-1927 British Library
referencedIn T. E. Lawrence Collection TXRC98-A3., 1912-1966 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Sir William Rothenstein papers, 1887-1957. Houghton Library
referencedIn Ann Bridge [pseudonym of Mary Dolling Sanders O'Malley] Papers TXRC95-A3., 1815-1973, bulk 1905-1973 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Hilaire Belloc Correspondence Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf John Lane Company. Records of the John Lane Company, 1856-1933 (bulk, 1894-1930). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Houghton Library printed book provenance file, A-D Houghton Library
creatorOf Lee, Vernon, 1856-1935. Papers. Colby College, Miller Library
creatorOf Elodie Hogan Belloc Correspondence Boston College. John J. Burns Library
creatorOf Vol. IX (ff. 435). 1911-1913.includes:f. 1v Gertrude Elizabeth Campbell, alias 'Vera Tsaritsyn'; author; wife of Lord Colin Campbell: Letter to G. B. Shaw of Gertrude Elizabeth Campbell: 1911.f. 3 Alfred Richard Orage, editor, 'The New Age': Let..., 1911-1913 British Library
referencedIn English literature mss., 1851-1900 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
creatorOf Letter from the Hon. Maurice Baring to Edmund Gosse, chiefly concerned with describing his crammer's at Bournemouth and the eccentricities of the Hon. Auberon Herbert at The Old House in the New Forest, and with criticising the Saturday Review; 1 Sep... British Library
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