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Baker Baker was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1903.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27572/pages/4187 no. 27572.  p. 4187.]  3 July, 1903.</ref>
 
Baker Baker was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 30 June, 1903.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/27572/pages/4187 no. 27572.  p. 4187.]  3 July, 1903.</ref>
  
Baker Baker was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 4 June, 1913, vice [[George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet|Warrender]], and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 December.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28780/pages/9083 no. 28780.  p. 9083.]  9 December, 1913.</ref>  He was advanced to {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 1 September, 1918.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30887/pages/10549 no. 30887.  p. 10549.]  6 September, 1918.</ref>  He was advanced to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 1 June, 1922.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32719/supplements/4474 (Supplement) no. 32719.  p. 4474.]  13 June, 1922.</ref>
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Baker Baker was promoted to the rank of {{RearRN}} on 4 June, 1913, vice [[George John Scott Warrender, Seventh Baronet|Warrender]], and in accordance with the provisions of the [[Order in Council of 8 December, 1903]], was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 December.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/28780/pages/9083 no. 28780.  p. 9083.]  9 December, 1913.</ref>  He was advanced to {{ViceRN}} on the Retired List on 1 September, 1918,<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/30887/pages/10549 no. 30887.  p. 10549.]  6 September, 1918.</ref>  and to the rank of {{AdmRN}} on the Retired List on 1 June, 1922.<ref>''London Gazette'': [http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/32719/supplements/4474 (Supplement) no. 32719.  p. 4474.]  13 June, 1922.</ref>
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==

Revision as of 14:33, 21 July 2011

Admiral William Henry Baker Baker, O.B.E., Royal Navy, Retired (7 December, 1862 – 7 August, 1932) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

He came thirty-first in order of merit out of forty-two candidates who passed the examination for naval cadetships.[1]

Baker Baker was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 January, 1886.[2]

Baker Baker was promoted to the rank of Commander on 22 June, 1897.[3]

Captain

Baker Baker was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1903.[4]

Baker Baker was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 4 June, 1913, vice Warrender, and in accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 8 December, 1903, was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 1 December.[5] He was advanced to Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 September, 1918,[6] and to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 1 June, 1922.[7]

Footnotes

  1. "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 4 December, 1875. Issue 28490, col A, pg. 6.
  2. London Gazette: no. 25545. p. 7. 1 January, 1886.
  3. London Gazette: no. 26865. p. 3443. 22 June, 1897.
  4. London Gazette: no. 27572. p. 4187. 3 July, 1903.
  5. London Gazette: no. 28780. p. 9083. 9 December, 1913.
  6. London Gazette: no. 30887. p. 10549. 6 September, 1918.
  7. London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 32719. p. 4474. 13 June, 1922.

Bibliography

  • "Admiral Baker Baker" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 9 August, 1932. Issue 46207, col D, pg. 12.

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