William Baker (1743–1824)

William Baker (3 October 1743 – 20 January 1824) was a British politician.

Life

Bayfordbury House

He was the eldest son of Sir William Baker, MP, educated at Eton College (1753-60). Admitted to Clare College, Cambridge in 1761, he did not matriculate there. He studied law at the Inner Temple (1761), where he was called to the bar in 1775.[1] He succeeded his father in 1770, inheriting and renovating the Bayfordbury country house in Hertfordshire. He was elected a Sheriff of London for the same year. [2]

Baker was the Member of Parliament for Aldborough 4 March 1777 – 8 September 1780,[3] Hertford 7 September 1780 – 30 March 1784,[4] Hertfordshire 23 June 1790 – 10 July 1802 and 11 February 1805 – 11 May 1807[4] and Plympton Erle 22 March 1768 – 10 October 1774.[5]

He died aged 80. He had married twice: firstly Juliana, the daughter of Thomas Penn of Stoke Park, Buckinghamshire and the granddaughter of William Penn, Governor of Pennsylvania, with whom he had a daughter; and secondly Sophia, the daughter of John Conyers of Copt Hall, Essex, with whom he had 9 sons and 6 daughters.

References

• historyofparliamentonline.org, Baker, William (1743-1824), of Bayfordbury, Herts.

Notes

1. "Baker, George (BKR761W)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
2. "BAKER, William (1743-1824), of Bayfordbury, Herts". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
3. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Acommons1.htm
4. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Hcommons3.htm
5. http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Pcommons2.htm

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir William Baker Paul Henry Ourry	Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle 1768–1774 With: Paul Henry Ourry	Succeeded by Paul Henry Ourry Sir Richard Philipps
Preceded by Charles Wilkinson Abel Smith	Member of Parliament for Aldborough 1777–1780 With: Abel Smith 1777–1778 Hon. William Hanger 1778–1780	Succeeded by Sir Richard Sutton Charles Mellish
Preceded by John Calvert Paul Feilde	Member of Parliament for Hertford 1780–1784 With: Thomas Dimsdale	Succeeded by Thomas Dimsdale John Calvert
Preceded by William Plumer The Viscount Grimston	Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire 1790–1800 With: William Plumer	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Great Britain	Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire 1801–1802 With: William Plumer	Succeeded by William Plumer Hon. Peniston Lamb
Preceded by William Plumer Hon. Peniston Lamb	Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire 1805–1807 With: William Plumer	Succeeded by Hon. Thomas Brand Sir John Sebright