Baker, Godfrey Thomas, 1810-1889
BAKER, GODFREY THOMAS, eldest son of Lieut. -Col. William Massy Baker, Fort William, Glanmire, co. Cork, EICS Bengal, and Mary Twogood, only child of Rev. Richard Davies, Dawstown, co. Cork, Rector and Vicar of Rathcormack, co. Cork; b. 18 Apr 1810; adm. (G) 7 Feb 1825; left Jul 1827; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 9 Dec 1828; BA 1833; m. 1841 Maria, fourth dau. of Charles Silver Oliver MP, Inchera, co. Limerick; d. 10 May 1889.
Baker, Hugh Morant, brother of Arthur Russell Baker (q.v.); b. Aug. 28, 1877; adm. Sept. 24, 1891 (R); left July 1895; adm. a solicitor 1902; enlisted in the R.G.A. and served in France 1917-8; was wounded at Ypres in Sept. 1917; d. Jan. 11, 1950.
BAKER, HUGH, son of John Baker, London; b.; adm.; in school lists 1656; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1658, again 1660 (Chapter Muniments 43104).
Baker, John Freeman, 1917-2002
Baker, John Freeman, son of William Edward Baker of Golders Green, and Margaret Louise, d. of George Frederick Crabbe of Bristol; b. 8 Aug. 1917; adm. Jan. 1931 (A, later B); left Dec. 1935; an actor (stage, TV and radio); Lond. Irish Rifles (TA) 1939-45; d. 2 Dec. 2002.
Baker, John Gilbert Hindley, 1910-1986
Baker, John Gilbert Hindley, son of Ernest Brian Hindley Baker (qv); b. 10 Oct. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (H); left July 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929, BA 1932, MA 1946; ord. deacon 1935, priest 1936 (Victoria, Hong Kong); Curate Church of Our Saviour, Canton, 1935-9, St John, Kunming 1939-46; seconded to American Mission, Hankow, 1946; Chaplain St John's Univ. Shanghai 1947-9; lecturer Union Theolog. Coll., Lingnan Univ., Canton, 1949-51; Rector of Christ Church, Guildford, Conn., USA, 1952-5; gen. sec. Overseas Council of the Church Assembly 1955; Vicar of St Nicholas, Cole Abbey, London, 1955; acting director Christian Study Centre Hong Kong 1966; consecrated Bishop of Hong Kong & Macao 6 Dec. 1966; fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese; the first bishop to ordain an English woman priest; retd Hong Kong 1981; appointed Asst Bishop, Diocese of Guildford, 1983; author of The Changing Scene in China 1947; m. 1st 12 May 1941 Martha Levering, d. of Rev. Arthur Mason Sherman DD of New York; 2nd 1980 Joan Rogers, widow of Rev. Dennis Rogers of Hong Kong; d. 29 Apr. 1986.
BAKER, JOHN, Winchester, Hampshire; b.; adm.; QS in 1567; elected to Christ Church, Oxford (aged 18) 1568, Westminster Student to 1583; BA 27 Feb 1571/2; MA 1575.
BAKER, JOHN, son of John Baker, Burley on the Hill, Rutland; b.; adm.; BB 1689; KS Jun 1691; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1695, adm. pens. 28 May 1695, aged 18, scholar 24 Apr 1696, matr. 1696; BA 1698/9; MA 1702; BD 1709; DD 1717; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1701, Major Fellow from 17 Apr 1702, Senior Fellow from 1722, Vice-Master 1722-32, Chaplain from 1737; an unscrupulous supporter of Richard Bentley, Master of Trinity; ordained; Rector of Beachampton, Bucks., 2 Feb 1714-31; Rector of Dickleburgh, Norfolk, 1731, but this living was subsequently sequestered for payment of his debts; d. 30 Oct 1745. DNB.
Baker, Richard, Sir, 1568-1645
Baker, Robert Ayshford, 1914-1992
Baker, Robert Ayshford, brother of George Arden Baker (qv); b. 3 Dec. 1914; adm. May 1928 (A); left Apr. 1931; a merchant; m. 1st 8 Apr. 1939 Rilta, d. of Tom Holmes of IIford, Essex,; 2nd 3 Oct. 1948 Ruth Christine, d. of Charles Dewdney of Ipswich; d. 19 Mar. 1992.