Talk:Baldwin Wake Walker

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I notice that you have moved Baldwin Wake Walker to Baldwin Wake-Walker. Do you have any evidence that his correct name was Baldwin Wake-Walker?--Toddy1 (talk) 17:10, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Modern British practise is to hyphenate such names to prevent the penultimate surname being mistaken for a middle name; his son and grandson used the hyphenated version [1]. Earlier C19th usage can vary wildly with names being listed with and without. See also here

I think Wake was originally a middle name, not a surname. Walker was his father's surname, and Wake his mother's maiden name. The use of the surnames of relatives as middle names was not uncommon. I fully accept that there is evidence that his children seem to have adopted the surname Wake-Walker.--Toddy1 (talk) 17:39, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

I agree. I'll move it back to Baldwin Wake Walker. Salmanazar (talk) 13:06, 16 April 2008 (UTC)