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Plans to honour war hero axed because his ancestors made money from slaves
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Updated: 14 Mar 2021, 21:44
PLANS to honour a war hero have been axed because his ancestors made money from slaves.
Brigadier General Everard Baring had no direct connection with slavery himself.
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Portrait of Sir Francis Baring - great grandad of Everard
But plans to name a cycle and footpath “Everard Way” were ditched after research showed his great grandad merchant banker Sir Francis Baring founded the family wealth from slaves.
Everard whose sister Margaret was great-grandmother to Princess Diana risked his life to help North Africans before leading a brigade in World War One.