William Baker

(1743-1824)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Baker, W. (William), 1743-1824 NRA: Baker William (1743-1824) MP LBT ID: WiBaker1824 VIAF ID: 55697517 LOC ID: n88087259	B/BAP: 1743 DIED: 1824-01-20
SOURCES: Gentleman's Magazine (February 1824) 183; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
The son of alderman Sir William Baker, he was educated at Eton and the Inner Temple and was MP for Plympton Erle (1768-74), Aldborough (1777-80), Hertford (1780-84), and Hertfordshire (1790-1802, 1805-07). Through his mother, a Tonson, he inherited the Kit Kat portraits.
REFERENCES TO William Baker: Lord John Townshend to Lady Melbourne, [1812 c.?] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Found 1: ¶ 1 Airlie, Mabell, Countess of, 1866-1956, In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921) Chapter V. Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ 1-2