BAINHAM, JOSEPH, son of Alexander Bainham, Westbury, Gloucs., and Elizabeth, dau. of Arnold Oldisworth, of Broadley, Gloucs., Clerk of the Hanaper; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 15) 1629; KS 1630 (Tanner MSS, Bodleian Library, lxix, f. 137 and f. 224).
BAIRD, WILLIAM, eldest son of William Baird, Auchmedden, Banffshire, and Anne, dau. of William Duff, Dipple, Morayshire, and sister of William Duff, 1st Earl Fife (I); b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1733; Min. Can. 1736; KS 1737; elected to Trin. Coll. Cambridge 1741, adm. pens. 1 Jun 1741, scholar 7 May 1742; BA 1744/5; MA 1748; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1747, Major Fellow 6 Jul 1748; adm. Middle Temple 12 Nov 1739, called to bar 20 May 1748; d. May 1750, of gaol fever contracted at the Old Bailey.
BAKER, ---; b. ; adm. ; KS in 1637 (WAM 34165).
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, 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, 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, ROBERT; b.; adm.; QS ; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1603, adm. scholar 1603; BA 1607/8; MA 1611.
BAKER, THOMAS, son of Thomas Baker, Southwark, Surrey; b.; in school lists 1656; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1661, matr. 3 May 1662, aged 20, Westminster Student 10 Mar 1662 – void 1665 (having been expelled for drunkenness but reprieved same day in hope of amendment, 22 Mar 1665).