Sir Frederick Francis Baker, 2nd Baronet (1772–1830) was a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

Life

He was the son of Sir George Baker, 1st Baronet, physician to George III, born 13 May 1772 in Westminster. Educated at

Eton College Eton College ( ) is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school providing boarding school, boarding education for boys aged 13–18, in the small town of Eton, Berkshire, Eton, in Berkshire, in the United Kingdom. It has educated Prime Mini ...

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch L ...

and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford. Founded in 1263 by nobleman John I de Balliol, it has a claim to be the oldest college in Oxford and the English-speaking world. With a governing body of a master and aro ...

(B.A. 1792, M.A. 1796), he was elected to the Royal Society in 1811. He died in a windmill accident near

Hastings Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...

, on 1 October 1830.

Family

Baker married in 1814 Harriet Simeon, youngest daughter of Sir John Simeon, 1st Baronet. They had three sons: *Sir George Baker, 3rd Baronet *Frederick Francis *A son born in 1826 and a daughter Jane Maria, who in 1840 married the future

Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet Sir John Simeon, 3rd Baronet (5 February 1815 on the Isle of Wight – 21 May 1870 in Freiburg) was a British politician and naval officer. Biography Simeon was born on the Isle of Wight in 1815. He was the eldest son of Sir Richard Simeon, 2 ...

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baker, Frederick Francis, Sir 1772 births 1830 deaths Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 2 Fellows of the Royal Society People educated at Eton College