George Baker (dean Of Antigua)
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George Stanley Baker was the Dean of Antigua from 1943 until 1970. '' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' p44London: Oxford University Press, 1976 Baker was educated at
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and
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in 1926. His first post was a
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at St. John's Cathedral Antigua after which he held incumbencies in
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and
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. He then served the rest of his career at the
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: from 1937 until 1943 as Sub Dean and from then until retirement as
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