Richard Baker (English politician, died 1594)


Sir Richard Baker , was an English politician.

Family

Richard Baker was the eldest son of Sir John Baker, Chancellor of the Exchequer. He had a younger brother, John, and three sisters, one of whom, Cecily, was the wife of Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst.

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 of the Parliament of England for Horsham in April 1554, Lancaster in November 1554, New Romney in 1555 and New Shoreham in 1558. He was a Justice of the Peace for Kent from 1558 and appointed High Sheriff of Kent 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, esquire, of Heron in East Horndon, Essex,, and his wife, Anne Browne, the daughter of Sir William Browne, Lord Mayor of London, by his second wife, Alice Keble, the daughter of Henry Keble, 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.
- Chrysogna Baker married Sir Henry Lennard 12th Lord Dacre

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