Baker baronets

There have been four creations of baronetcies with the surname Baker. They are listed in order of creation.

Baker of Sisinghurst, Kent (1611)

A family with the surname of Baker settled in Kent at Cranbrooke in the 14th century. In 1480 Sir John Baker (1488–1558), Attorney General, Speaker of the British House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer, acquired an estate at Sissinghurst where his son Richard Baker (1528–1574) built Sissinghurst Castle. A grandson of Sir John was Richard Baker (chronicler).[1]

The Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for Henry Baker of Sissinghurst Castle, grandson of Richard Baker. The second Baronet served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1635. The Baronetcy was extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1661.[2]

Baker of Loventor, Devon (1776)

Created in the Baronetage of Great Britain
See Baker Wilbraham baronets

Baker of Dunstable, Bedfordshire (1796)

Created in the Baronetage of Great Britain
See Sherston-Baker baronets

Baker of Ranston, Dorset (1802)

Talbot Hastings Bendall Baker memorial in St Mary's church, Iwerne Courtney
Randolf the last of the Ranston Baronets, memorial St Mary, Iwerne Courtney
Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

References

  1. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England Scotland and Ireland Burke and Burke (1838) pp. 32/3 Google Books
  2. George Edward Cokayne Complete Baronetage, Volume 1 1900
  3. Commons retrieved 23rd Sept 2015. Memorial to Randolf and his wife in St Mary's, Iwerne Courtney
Baronetage of England
Preceded by
Morrison baronets
Baker baronets
29 June 1611
Succeeded by
Appleton baronets
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