William Baker (1743–1824)

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

Life

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.

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. leighrayment.com^[usurped]
4. leighrayment.com^[usurped]
5. leighrayment.com^[usurped]

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