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 British 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)

Created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom

• Sir Edward Baker, 1st Baronet (died 1825)
• Sir Edward Baker, 2nd Baronet (1806–1877)
• Sir Talbot Hastings Bendall Baker, 3rd Baronet (1820–1900)
• Sir Randolf Littlehales Baker (1879–1959), extinct.

References

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets