Royal Naval Biography/Baker, Henry Loraine
Sir HENRY LORAINE BAKER, Bart.
A Companion of the Mott Honorable Military Order of the Bath.
[Post-Captain of 1815.]
Eldest surviving son of the late Sir Robert Baker, Bart, of Upper Dunstable House, co. Surrey, by Diana, daughter and sole heiress of George Hayley, Esq. an alderman of London, and M.P. for that city.
This officer was born Jan. 3, 1787; and made lieutenant Oct. 18, 1804. On the 14th Feb. 1807, he assisted in storming the fort of Samana, near Cape Raphael, St. Domingo, the performance of which service has been recorded in our second volume, p. 973. His commission as commander bears date Aprils, 1811; and was conferred upon him for his gallant conduct at the defence of Anholt, on the 27th of the preceding month[1]. In Oct. 18l2, he received an appointment to the Conflict brig, from which vessel he was removed to the Fairy of 16 guns, on the North American station. Mar. 18, 1814.
The latter sloop formed part of the squadron employed in the Potowmac river, under the orders of Captain (now Sir James Alexander) Gordon, between Aug. 31 and Sept. 6, 1814[2]. She also assisted at the reduction of Guadaloupe, in Aug. 1815[3].
Captain Baker’s promotion to post rank took place June 13, 1815. He married, in 1820, Louisa Anna, daughter of William Williams, Esq., a London banker, and M.P. for Weymouth.
Agents.– Messrs. Chards.