John Baker (English statesman)

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Sir John Baker (14881558) was an English politician, and seved as the first Chancellor of the Exchequer, having previously been speaker of the British House of Commons.

He kept a country estate at Sissinghurst Castle, Kent and was the grandfather of Sir Richard Baker, the sixteenth-century historian.

Political offices
Preceded by:
None (Office Created)
Chancellor of the Exchequer
unknown–1558?
Succeeded by:
Walter Mildmay