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Baker, Cyril Ainslie, son of William John Baker, of Surbiton, Surrey; b. Oct. 30, 1904 (H); adm. April 26, 1918; left July 1920.

BAKER, SIR EDWARD BAKER, BART., eldest son of Baker John Littlehales (qv); b. 23 Feb 1764; adm. 10 Jun 1776; left Easter 1780; Ensign, 58th Foot, 3 Mar 1780; Lieut., half-pay, 15 May 1783; restored to active list 28 May 1784; Capt., Independent Company 1790; 17th Foot, and Brevet Maj., 14 Dec 1796; Maj., 1st Foot, 24 Jan 1800 (check); Brevet Lieut. -Col. 21 Dec 1797; Lieut. -Col., 17th Foot, 26 Dec 1798; retd. 16 Jul 1802; Private Secretary to 1st Marquis Cornwallis, Lord Lieut. Ireland, 26 Dec 1798; Under-Secretary, Military Department, Dublin, 1801-19; created baronet 2 Sep 1802; inherited Ranston estate, Dorset, on death of his father’s first cousin Peter William Baker MP; assumed surname of Baker in lieu of Littlehales 17 Jan 1817; m. 22 Jul 1805 Lady Elizabeth Mary Fitzgerald, dau. of William Fitzgerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster (I) KP; d. 4 Mar 1825.

BAKER, EDWARD; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1715/6; in under school 1720.

BAKER, EDWARD; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1616, adm. scholar 1617, matr. Easter 1617; BA 1620/1; MA 1624 (incorp. Oxford 15 Jul 1628); Rector of Loughton, Bucks., from 1625; m.; buried at Loughton 25 Feb 1651/2.

Baker, Eric Robert Stuart, son of James Guy Baker, barrister, and Dorothy Gladys, d. of Edward Augustus Tapley; b. 2 Jan. 1919; adm. Sept. 1932 (H); left Apr. 1935; an inspector of insurance agents; The Buffs 1942 (Maj.), later Bimbashi, Sudan Defence Force; m. 13 June 1940 Mary Catherine, d. of Eustace Tregear Stow of Boreham Wood, Herts.

Baker, Ernest Brian Hindley, eldest son of Arthur Ernest Baker, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., L. D. S., of Bromley, Kent, by Agnes Flora, daughter of Charles Hugh Hindley, of Dulwich; b. Sept. 13, 1904; adm. Sept. 26, 1918 (H); non-resident K.S. 1919, but went into College the following May; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1923, matric. Michaelmas 1923; B.A. 1926; M.A. 1932; entered the Indian Civil Service; asst. magistrate and collector, Bengal, Dec. 1927; magistrate and collector Oct. 1933; secretary, Legislative Dept., Bengal 1938; secretary, Governor of Bengal, 1940; secretary, Home Dept., Bengal 1944; district and sessions judge 1946; a principal, Ministry of Education, London, 1947; asst. secretary 1954; O.B.E. Jan. 1, 1944; m. Sept. 3, 1938, Iris Margaret Douglas, elder daughter of Lieut. ­ Col. Malcolm Ker, I. M. S.

Baker, Francis Douglas, son of Albert de Winter Baker, M.R.C.S., of Battersea, by Margaret Charlotte Kirby, daughter of His Honour Francis Barrow, County Court Judge and Recorder of Rochester; b. Sept. 15, 1884; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left July 1901; was for some years in the office of the Englishman at Calcutta; a trooper and N. C. O. in the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry Aug. 1914 - July 1915; 2nd Lieut. in the same regt. July 1915 - Jan. 1917; joined the E. E. F. Jan. 1917 and was on Lord Alienby's Staff until Jan. 1920 with the rank of Major; served in Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor; mentioned in despatches L. G. July 13, 1916, and June 5, 1919; M.C. June 3, 1916; Order of the Crown ofltaly (5th class) 1918, and of the Nile (4th class) 1919; appointed Bimbashi, Egyptian Police, March 1920, Asst. Commandant Cairo City Police; Commandant 1937; Commandant Alexandria City Police; Pasha; O.B.E. 1934; C.B.E. Jan. 1, 1942; Order of Ismail (3rd class) and Nile (3rd class); Cdr. Crown of Roumania; retired from Egyptian Govt. Service 1946; m. June 15, 1925, Nevarte, daughter of Karakin Marian; d. 1958.

BAKER, FRANCIS, son of Francis Baker, Kettering, Northants, apothecary, and Rebecca (Williamson ? (IGI)); b.; adm. (aged 13) Sep 1715; KS 1716; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1721, matr. 10 Jun 1721, Westminster Student 22 Dec 1721 - 7 Feb 1743 (void, on expiry year of grace as R. Staverton); BA 1725; MA 1728; ordained deacon 29 Dec 1725, priest 28 May 1727 (Oxford); Curate of Sudborough, Northants., Aug 1726; Rector of Staverton, Northants., from 8 Jan 1741/2; d. 4 Feb 1773.

Baker, George Arden, son of James Baker, surveyor, of Beckenham, Kent, and Gweneth, d. of George Moon; b. 15July 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left Apr. 1927; St John's Coll. Durham, BA 1934; ord. deacon 1933, priest 1934 (Southwark); Curate St Michael, Southfields, Wimbledon, 1933-6, St John's, Tunbridge Wells 1936-8; Curate-in-charge Christ Church, Orpington, 1938-40; Vicar of St Mary, Ide Hill, Kent, 1942-6; sec. Church Pastoral Aid Soc., Met. Dis­trict, 1946-8; Vicar of Chnst Church, Barnet, Herts, 1948, of Reigate, Surrey, 1957; Rural Dean 1962-72; Hon. Canon of Southwark 1966; m. 10 Apr. 1937 Veronica Mary, d. of F. W. Wheeler FSI of Wimbledon; d. 5 Apr. 1986.

Baker, Gerald Walter, son of Robert Baker, of Norwood, Surrey; b. Oct. 27, 1887; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (R); left July 1904.