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George Sherston Baker
Sir George Edward Dunstan Sherston Baker, 4th Baronet (19 May 1846 – 15 March 1923) was a British barrister and judge.{{Cite news , date=16 March 1923 , title=Judge Sir G. Sherston Baker , pages=10 , work=The Daily Telegraph He was a County Court judge from 1901 until his death. He was also a prolific writer on legal topics. Selected bibliography * ''Hallock’s International Law'', 2nd edn 1878, 3rd 1893, 4th 1908 * ''The Laws relating to Quarantine'', 1879 * ''The Office of Vice-Admiral of the Coast'', 1884 * ''Law Reports, Digest of Cases, 1881–1885'' * (editor) ''Law Magazine and Review'', 1895–1898 * ''Archbold’s Quarter Sessions'', 5th edn 1898 * ''First Steps in International Law'', 1899 See also * 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 cava ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Telegraph
''The Daily Telegraph'', known online and elsewhere as ''The Telegraph'', is a national British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed across the United Kingdom and internationally. It was founded by Arthur B. Sleigh in 1855 as ''The Daily Telegraph & Courier''. Considered a newspaper of record over ''The Times'' in the UK in the years up to 1997, ''The Telegraph'' generally has a reputation for high-quality journalism, and has been described as being "one of the world's great titles". The paper's motto, "Was, is, and will be", appears in the editorial pages and has featured in every edition of the newspaper since 19 April 1858. The paper had a circulation of 363,183 in December 2018, descending further until it withdrew from newspaper circulation audits in 2019, having declined almost 80%, from 1.4 million in 1980.United Newspapers PLC and Fleet Holdings PLC', Monopolies and Mergers Commission (1985), pp. 5–16. Its si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. The Baker family was settled in the Westcountry several centuries before the creation of the baronetcy. A version of the arms used by the Baker baronets (''Argent, on a saltire engrailed sable five escallops erminois on a chief azure a lion passant of the third'')Montague-Smith, P.W. (ed.), Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage and Companionage, Kelly's Directories Ltd, Kingston-upon-Thames, 1968, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1846 Births
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1923 Deaths
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County Court Judges (England And Wales)
There are various levels of judiciary in England and Wales—different types of courts have different styles of judges. They also form a strict hierarchy of importance, in line with the order of the courts in which they sit, so that judges of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales are generally given more weight than district judges sitting in county courts and magistrates' courts. On 1 April 2020 there were 3,174 judges in post in England and Wales. Some judges with United Kingdom-wide jurisdiction also sit in England and Wales, particularly Justices of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and members of the tribunals judiciary. By statute, judges are guaranteed continuing judicial independence. The following is a list of the various types of judges who sit in the Courts of England and Wales: Lord Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor Since 3 April 2006, the Lord Chief Justice has been the overall head of the judiciary. Previously they were second to the Lord Chancellor, but the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baker Baronets
There have been four creations of baronetcies with the surname Baker. They are listed in order of creation. Baker of Sisinghurst, Kent (1611) A family with the surname of Baker settled in Kent at Cranbrooke in the 14th century. In 1480 John Baker (English statesman), Sir John Baker (1488–1558), Attorney General, Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker of the House of Commons and Chancellor of the Exchequer, acquired an estate at Sissinghurst where his son Richard Baker (1528–1574) built Sissinghurst Castle. A grandson of Sir John was Richard Baker (chronicler). The Baronetcy was created in the Baronetage of England on 29 June 1611 for Henry Baker of Sissinghurst Castle, grandson of Richard Baker. The second Baronet served as High Sheriff of Kent in 1635. The Baronetcy was extinct on the death of the third Baronet in 1661. *Sir Henry Baker, 1st Baronet (c. 1587–1623) *Sir John Baker, 2nd Baronet (c.1608–1653) *Sir John Baker, 3rd Baronet (died 1661), ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Legal Writers
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Members Of Lincoln's Inn
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Members Of The Middle Temple
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