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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.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from Play 1919 to Election 1989, Volume 4, compiled by F.E. Pagan and H.E. Pagan, Padstow, 1992