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 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]

• Sir Henry Baker, 1st Baronet (c. 1587–1623)
• Sir John Baker, 2nd Baronet (c.1608–1653)
• Sir John Baker, 3rd Baronet (died 1661), extinct.

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)

Escutcheon of the Baker Baronets of Ranston

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 on 6 January 1817[3]

• Lieutenant-general Sir Edward Baker (né Baker Littlehales), 1st Baronet (died 1825), married Elizabeth-Mary Fitzgerald, third daughter of William FitzGerald, 2nd Duke of Leinster[3]
• Sir Edward Baker, 2nd Baronet (1806–1877)
• Sir Talbot Hastings Bendall Baker, 3rd Baronet (1820–1900), canon of Salisbury Cathedral
• Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker (20 July 1879– 23 July 1959), extinct.[4]

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. John Debrett (1819). The Baronetage of England. F.C. and J. Rivington. p. 1050.
4. Commons retrieved 23rd Sept 2015. Memorial to Randolf and his wife in St Mary's, Iwerne Courtney

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets