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).
BALDWIN, JUSTINIAN, of Essex; b.; adm.; QS 1564; elected to Christ Church, Oxford (aged 19) 1567, Westminster Student to death; BA 26 Jan 1570/1; MA 19 Mar 1573/4; d. 1581 (will proved PCC 23 Jun 1581, surname given as Baldwyne).
BALDWIN, ROBERT, eldest son of Robert Baldwin, Paternoster Row, London, bookseller and publisher, and his cousin Maria, third dau. of Henry Baldwin; b. 23 Mar 1809; adm. 15 Jan 1821 (Stelfox's); KS 1823; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1827, adm. pens. 29 May 1827, scholar 1828, matr. Mich. 1827; BA 1831; MA 1834; adm. Middle Temple 21 Aug 1828, called to bar 20 Nov 1840; special pleader; Home Circuit; d. 6 Jun 1848.
BALDWIN, WILLIAM, son of George Baldwin, Middlesex; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1658; KS (aged 17) 1661; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1662, adm. pens. 27 Jun 1662, scholar 1663; BA 1665/6; MA 1669; Fellow Trinity Coll. 1668 - c. 1678; deacon 22 Sep 1671, priest 20 Dec 1672 (both London); probably Rector of All Cannings, Wilts., 1678-81; Rector of Rotherhithe, Surrey, from 9 May 1681; m. 1st; m. 2nd, 22 Jan 1705/6 Jane Cockman, Rotherhithe; d. Mar 1711.
BALE, GEORGE, third son of Sackville Stephens Bale (qv); b. 25 Feb 1792; in school list 1801; KS 1806; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxford 1810, matr. 8 Jun 1810, Westminster Student; BA 1814; MA 1816; ordained deacon 1815, priest 1816 (both Oxford); Curate, Chiddingstone, Kent, 1821; Rector of Odcombe, Somerset, from 29 Jun 1836; d. unm. 2 Jul 1875.
BALE, SACKVILLE SPENCER, son of Sackville Bale, Westminster, official in Lord Steward’s Department, Royal Household; b.; adm. (aged 9) Jun 1733; KS 1738; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1742, matr. 19 Jun 1742, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1742 - res 26 Jun 1749; BA 1746; MA 18 Mar 1748/9; First Yeoman of Accompting House, Royal Household 28 Jan 1742 - Dec 1760; ordained deacon 15 May 1749; Domestic Chaplain to Lionel Sackville, 1st Duke of Dorset (qv) 22 May 1749, and to Charles Sackville, 2nd Duke of Dorset (qv) 31 Oct 1765; Rector of Withyham, Sussex, 22 May 1749 - 10 Oct 1777; Vicar of Rottingdean, Sussex, 20 May 1751-5; Rector of Chiddingstone, Kent, 29 Apr 1755-82; “the worthy parish priest and ever faithful friend” of George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (qv) (Cumberland, Memoirs, ii, 253); m. 19 Sep 1752 Louisa, dau. of Henry Godde, St. Anne’s, Soho; buried Withyham 28 Jan 1793.
BALE, SACKVILLE STEPHENS, son of Sackville Spencer Bale (qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 7 Nov 1753 (IGI); in school list Jun 1764; KS 1766; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1771, matr. 30 May 1771, Westminster Student 23 Dec 1771 - res 23 Dec 1778; BCL 1778; ordained deacon (Oxford) 22 Dec 1776; Domestic Chaplain to Sir John Skynner (qv) 27 Dec 1777, to George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville (qv) 15 Feb 1782; Rector of Withyham, Sussex, from 24 Jan 1778; Rector of Chiddingstone, Kent, from 1783; m. 29 Dec 1788 Alicia, fourth dau. of Francis Otway (qv); d. 28 Sep 1836, aged 83.
BALE, SACKVILLE, eldest son of Sackville Stephens Bale (qv); b. 21 Oct 1789; at school by Jul 1800; KS 1804; left 1806; Cadet, EICS Bengal 1808; Ensign, 5th Native Infantry 21 Nov 1809; buried at Calcutta 16 Jul 1812.