Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Baring, Evelyn

by Thompson Cooper

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BARING, Major Evelyn, was formerly a European Commissioner of the Public Debt in Egypt, and he was appointed one of the Controllers-General, representing England and France, when the Khedive Ismail was deposed by the Sultan's firman in 1879, and Tewfik Pasha became ruler of Egypt. In cooperation with his French colleague, M. de Blignières, Major Baring successfully carried on the Control until he accepted, towards the close of 1880, the office of Finance Minister of India, under the Marquis of Ripon, left vacant by Sir John Strachey's resignation. In this capacity he framed and carried three successful budgets. In May, 1883, he was appointed to succeed Sir Edward Malet, at Cairo, with the status of Minister to Egypt.