A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, John (b)
BAKER. (Lieut., 1822. f-p., 10; h-p., 22.)
John Baker died 5 Dec. 1845.
This officer entered the Navy, 15 Aug. 1813, as A.B., on board the Inconstant 36, Capt. Sir Edw. Tucker, on the Brazilian station; attained, very soon afterwards, the rating of Midshipman; and continued to serve in the same ship and the Semiramis 36, under Sir Jas. Lucas Yeo, on the coast of Africa, until the death of the latter in Sept. 1818. Between that period and the date of his promotion to the rank of Lieutenant, 26 Dec. 1822, he appears to have been further employed, as Master’s Mate, on board the Alert and Myrmidon sloops, both commanded by Capt. Henry John Leeke, in the North Sea, and again on the Africa station. He did not afterwards go afloat. Agents – Messrs. Ommanney.