Sherston-Baker Baronets

The Baker, later Sherston-Baker Baronetcy, of Dunstable House in Richmond in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 14 May 1796 for Robert Baker, in honour of him raising and maintaining a cavalry regiment of 500 men styled "The Richmond Rangers" for King George III. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. The fourth Baronet was a Recorder of Helston and of Barnstaple and Bideford and a County Court judge. The fifth Baronet assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Sherston in 1923.

Baker, later Sherston-Baker Baronets, of Dunstable House (1796)

*Sir Robert Baker, 1st Baronet (1754-1826)
*Sir Henry Loraine Baker, 2nd Baronet (1787-1859)
*Sir Henry Williams Baker, 3rd Baronet (1821-1877)
*Sir George Edward Dundas Sherston Baker, 4th Baronet (1846-1923)
*Sir Dodington George Richard Sherston-Baker, 5th Baronet (1877-1944)
*Sir Humphrey Dodington Benedict Sherston-Baker, 6th Baronet (1907-1990)
*Sir Robert George Humphrey Sherston-Baker, 7th Baronet (b. 1951)

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). "Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage" (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/ Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page]
* [http://www.thepeerage.com/ www.thepeerage.com]