A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, John Robinett
BAKER. (Lieutenant, 1828.)
John Robinett Baker entered the Navy 8 April, 1814; passed his examination in 1820; and obtained his commission 26 Aug. 1828. He was subsequently appointed – 27 Aug. 1832, to the Coast Guard – 10 Oct. following, to the Spartiate 76, Capt. Robt. Tait, on the South American station – 25 Nov. 1833, to the Canopus 84, Capt. Hon. Josceline Percy, in the Mediterranean – 13 Aug. 1835, to the Coast Guard again – 10 Aug. 1838, to the command of the Hornet Revenue-vessel – 13 May, 1840, as First Lieutenant, to the Rodney 92, Capt. Robt. Maunsell, under whom he visited the Mediterranean, and in 1843 escorted a body of troops to the Cape of Good Hope – and, 27 June, 1844, as Admiralty-Agent, to a Contract Mail Steam-vessel. He has been on half-pay since the early part of 1846.
He married, 26 Jan. 1838, Catherine, eldest daughter of Thos. Oxley, Esq., of Killiney, co. Dublin.