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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.

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, 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, 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.