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William Baker (1743–1824)

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

Life

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Bayfordbury House

William Baker 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 at the age of 80. He had married twice: firstly with 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 with Sophia, the daughter of John Conyers of Copt Hall, Essex, with whom he had 9 sons and 6 daughters.

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Notes

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  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. ^ leighrayment.com[usurped]
  4. ^ a b leighrayment.com[usurped]
  5. ^ leighrayment.com[usurped]
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle
1768–1774
With: Paul Henry Ourry
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Aldborough
1777–1780
With: Abel Smith 1777–1778
Hon. William Hanger 1778–1780
Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hertford
1780–1784
With: Thomas Dimsdale
Succeeded by
Preceded by 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
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Hertfordshire
1805–1807
With: William Plumer
Succeeded by