A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Baker, William (b)
BAKER. (Lieut., 1815. f-p., 8; h-p., 32.)
William Baker (b) entered the Navy, 16 Dec. 1807, as Fst.-cl. Vol., on board the Halcyon 16, Capts. Henry Whitmarsh Pearse and Thos. Stamp, under the former of whom, in Sept. 1808, he witnessed, as Midshipman, the capture of a flotilla of 38 vessels, four of them large gun-boats, in Diamante Bay, near the Gulf of Policastro; as also, 30 Aug. 1809, of the St. Anna, French privateer, of 2 guns and 46 men. From Dec. 1811, until Aug. 1815, he afterwards served, in the Pylades (subsequently Carlotta) gun-brig, Lieut.-Commanders Newdigate Poyntz and Rich. Howell Fleming, on the Mediterranean station. Acorn sloop, Capt. Geo. Miller Bligh, for passage home, Raisonnable 64, Capt. Edw. Sneyd Clay, lying at Sheerness, Zealous 74, Capts. Thos. Boys and Jas. Anderson, employed in the Baltic and Basque Roads, and Kangaroo 16, Capt. Wm. Sumner Hall, on the Halifax station. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant 20 Feb. 1815; and, since the date of his quitting the last-mentioned vessel, has not been afloat. Agent – J. Hinxman.