Sarah Baring
Sarah Baring | |
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Sarah Baring as a debutante, aged 18 | |
| Born | Hon. Sarah Kathleen Elinor Norton 20 January 1920 |
| Died | 4 February 2013 (aged 93) |
| Occupation(s) | Socialite, wartime linguist |
| Spouses | Lt-Col Thomas Baring
(m. 1953; div. 1965) |
| Children | William Astor, 4th Viscount Astor |
| Parent(s) | Richard Norton, 6th Baron Grantley Jean Mary Kinloch |
Sarah Kathleen Elinor Baring (née Norton; 20 January 1920 – 4 February 2013) was an English socialite and memoirist, who worked for three years as a linguist at Bletchley Park, the principal centre of Allied code-breaking during the Second World War. She was married to William Astor, 3rd Viscount Astor, from 1945 to 1953.