BAKER, Sir Richard (eld. son of John Baker of Cott house, New Totnes, Devon). b. Cott house 1782; army and navy clothier Dublin; sheriff of Dublin 1833; knighted by Marquess Wellesley 1833; alderman of Dublin 1838–41. d. Mount Errol, Donnybrook, co. Dublin 1 June 1853.
BAKER, Robert. b. Terling, Essex Nov 1793; a tenant farmer at Writtle; founded Society for protection of agriculture 17 Feb. 1844; author of A lecture on the economy of farming 1852; edited J. S. Bayldon’s Art of valuing rents and tillages 1856. d. 24 Dec. 1859.
BAKER, Robert. Member of medical profession; sub-inspector of factories 1834; inspector 18 June 1858; C.B. 27 Oct. 1877. d. Leamington 6 Feb. 1880 in 77 year.
BAKER, Rev. Robert George. Ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1810, M.A. 1813; V. of Fulham 1834–71; Preb. of St. Paul’s 1846 to death; rural dean 1851–71; author of Account of benefactions and charities of Fulham; The olden characters of Fulham 1847. d. Ivy cottage, Fulham 21 Feb. 1878 in 90 year.
BAKER, Thomas. b. 8 Oct. 1809; landscape painter in Midland counties; known as Baker of Leamington; exhibited at the R.A. 1831. d. 10 Aug. 1869.
BAKER, Thomas (son of a farmer at Old Park, Durham). A civil engineer; invented method of laying down railway curves; laid out Stockton and Darlington railway the first line in the kingdom, opened 27 Sep. 1825; laid out atmospheric line from Dublin to Kingstown, opened 17 Dec. 1834; author of Rudimentary treatise on mensuration 1850; Principles and practice of statics and dynamics 1851; The mathematical theory of the steam engine 1862. d. Charter house hospital London Sep. or Oct. 1871.
BAKER, Thomas Eld. b. Margate 1791; M.R.C.S. 1813; surgeon Bengal army 1814 to 23 Aug. 1838 when he retired; treasurer of Royal humane society; author of The art of preserving health in India 1829; An appeal to the common sense of the people of England in favour of anatomy 1832. d. 76 Porchester Terrace, London 23 July 1868.
BAKER, Thomas Palmer. Chief engineer Chatham dockyard 11 Nov. 1856 to Dec. 1868 when office abolished; chief inspector of machinery afloat 6 July 1866; C.B. 2 June 1869. d. 170, Lewisham high road, Newcross 6 Oct. 1876 in 69 year.
BAKER, William (son of Mr. Baker of Eastover, Bridgwater, butcher). b. Eastover 3 March 1787; apprenticed to Mr. Tuthill of Bridgwater, currier Sep. 1800; worked in London and Glasgow 1807–1809; a currier in Fore st. Bridgwater 1809; alderman; F.G.S. Nov. 1842; sec. to Somersetshire Archæological and natural history society. d. Bridgwater 8 Oct. 1853. A brief memoir of Wm. Baker by John Bowen 1854.
BAKER, William (elder son of George Wingfield of Cotham who d. 1774). Barrister L.I. 23 Nov. 1797, bencher 1818 to death; M.P. for Bodmin 1 Nov. 1806 to 29 April 1807; chief justice of Brecon circuit; a comr. of bankrupts; K.C. 1818; master in Chancery 19 March 1819 to March 1849; assumed surname of Baker in lieu of Wingfield by R.L. 29 Dec. 1849. d. Sherborne castle, Dorset 21 March 1858.