| 词条 | William Baker (British politician) |
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He was the son of John Baker, a London draper. He became an Alderman of London in 1739 and a director of the East India Company in 1741-5, 1746–50 and 1751-53. He was also deputy chairman (1749, 1751–52), chairman (1749–50, 1752–53), Deputy Governor (1750-60) and the 11th Governor (1760–70) of the Hudson's Bay Company. He was knighted in 1760. He was MP for Plympton Erle from 1747 to 1768. In 1759 he built a country house in an estate at Bayfordbury in Hertfordshire.[2] He died in 1770. He had married Mary, the daughter of Jacob Tonson, publisher, and with her had 6 sons and a daughter. His eldest son, also William Baker, who inherited and improved Bayfordbury, was also an MP. The community Baker Lake in Nunavut, Canada was named after him.[3][4][5] References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/baker-william-1705-70|title=BAKER, William (1705-70), of Winchester St., London, and Bayfordbury, Herts.|publisher= History of Parliament Online|accessdate= 16 June 2016}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1176752|title=Name: BAYFORDBURY List entry Number: 1176752|publisher= Historic England|accessdate=21 July 2018}} 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayEcopies&lang=eng&rec_nbr=3201263&rec_nbr_list=3201263,3409362,3409360&title=Sandy+Lunan%2C+Hudson%27s+Bay+Co.+Factor%2C+baking+his+own+bread%2C+Baker+Lake+%2F+Sandy+Lunan%2C+fait+du+pain+au+lac+Baker.+&ecopy=a141736&back_url=|title=Sandy Lunan, Hudson's Bay Co. Factor, baking his own bread, Baker Lake, Northwest Territories, 1946|publisher=Library and Archives Canada|accessdate=2008-03-17}} 4. ^Governors 5. ^Baker Lake history
| before=Richard Edgcumbe George Edgcumbe | title=Member of Parliament for Plympton Erle | years = 1747–1768 | with = George Treby 1747–1761 | with2 = George Hele Treby 1761–1763 | with3 = Paul Henry Ourry 1763–1768 | after = Paul Henry Ourry | after2= William Baker }}{{s-end}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, William}}{{England-GreatBritain-MP-stub}}{{England-business-bio-stub}} 11 : 1705 births|1770 deaths|British MPs 1747–54|British MPs 1754–61|British MPs 1761–68|Knights Bachelor|Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies|People from Hertfordshire (before 1965)|Businesspeople from London|Governors of the Hudson's Bay Company|Politicians from London |
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