Sir Richard Baker (by 1530 – 27 May 1594), was an English politician.

Family

Richard Baker was the eldest son of

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and his second wife Elizabeth Dineley. He had a younger brother, John, and three sisters, one of whom, Cecily, was the wife of

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Career

Baker studied law at the Inner Temple. He succeeded his father in 1558, and was knighted on 31 August 1573. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for

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in April 1554, Lancaster in November 1554,

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in 1555 and New Shoreham in 1558. He was a

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for Kent from 1558 and appointed

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for 1562–63 and 1582–83.

Marriages and issue

Baker married firstly Katherine Tyrrell, the stepdaughter of Sir William Petre. She was the daughter and heiress of John Tyrrell (d.1540), esquire, of Heron in East Horndon, Essex, (eldest son of Sir Thomas Tyrrell and Constance Blount), and his wife, Anne Browne,Anne Browne (1509-10 March 1582), A Who’s Who of Tudor Women: Brooke-Bu, compiled by Kathy Lynn Emerson to update and correct ''Wives and Daughters: The Women of Sixteenth-Century England'' (1984)
Retrieved 9 July 2013. the daughter of Sir William Browne, Lord Mayor of London, by his second wife, Alice Keble (d. 8 June 1521), the daughter of

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(1452 - April 1517), Lord Mayor of London, by whom he had two sons and a daughter. Baker married secondly Mary, the daughter of John Gifford of Weston Subedge, Gloucestershire, with whom he had another 2 daughters. He was succeeded by his son Thomas. One of his daughters by Mary was Chrysogna Baker (d. 1616) who married Sir Henry Lennard, 12th Baron Dacre and had issue.

Footnotes

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External links

Will of Sir Richard Baker of Cranbrook, Kent, proved 13 June 1594, PROB 11/84/37, National Archives
Retrieved 10 July 2013 1594 deaths Members of the Inner Temple High Sheriffs of Kent English MPs 1554 English MPs 1554–1555 English MPs 1555 English MPs 1558 Year of birth uncertain {{16thC-England-MP-stub