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Paternal Family Tree: Baker
Before 1st January 1722 [his father] George Baker (age 35) and [his mother] Mary Weston were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Bishop Stephen Weston (age 57).
On 1st January 1722 George Baker 1st Baronet was born to George Baker (age 35) and Mary Weston at Modbury, Devon.
In 1749 George Baker 1st Baronet (age 26) went to Leiden University to study physic, becoming MD in 1756.
In 1756 George Baker 1st Baronet (age 33) was admitted to the Royal College of Physicians.
In 1757 George Baker 1st Baronet (age 34) became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.
In 1762 George Baker 1st Baronet (age 39) was appointed Fellow of the Royal Society.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 28th June 1768 George Baker 1st Baronet (age 46) and Jane Morris were married at St James' Church, Piccadilly.
In 1772 [his son] Frederick Baker 2nd Baronet was born to George Baker 1st Baronet (age 49) and [his wife] Jane Morris.
In 1772 [his father] George Baker (age 85) died.
The London Gazette 11694. St. James's, August 24. The King has been pleased to grant the Dignity of a Baronet of the Kingdom of Great Britain, to them and their Heirs Male, unto
George Winn, of Little Warley in the County of Essex, Esq; and late one of the Barons of His Majesty's Court of Exchequer in Scotland.
Herbert Mackworth, of the Gnoll in the County of Glamorgan, Esq;
James Laroche, of Over in the Parish of Aldmondsbury in the County of Gloucester, Esq;
Henry Peyton, of Doddington in the Isle of Ely, Esq;
George Baker (age 54), Doctor in Physick, and Physician in Ordinary to Her Majesty; [Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon].
Before 26th August 1776 George Baker 1st Baronet (age 54) was appointed physician to the Queen's household and then physician to King George III (age 38), attending the king during his periods of madness.
On 15th June 1809 George Baker 1st Baronet (age 87) died. He was buried at St James' Church, Piccadilly. His son [his son] Frederick (age 37) succeeded 2nd Baronet Baker of Loventor in Totnes in Devon.
GrandFather: Aaron Baker
Father: George Baker
GrandFather: Bishop Stephen Weston
Mother: Mary Weston