Harold Baker

Background

BAKER, Harold was born on January 22, 1877. Son of late Sir John Baker, Member of Parliament for Portsmouth.

Education

Winchester; New College, Oxfoid. Scholar and Fellow, 1896-1907. Craven Scholar; Hertford Scholar.

Gaisford Prizeman.

Eldon Scholar.

Career

Born on Portsea Island, Baker was elected to the House of Commons for Accrington in the January 1910 general election, a seat he held until 1918. He served in the Liberal administration of H. H. Asquith as Financial Secretary to the War Office from 1912 to 1914 and was admitted to the Privy Council in 1915. Baker died in Winchester in July 1960, aged 83.

Works

• book

  • The territorial force: a manual of its law, organization and administration.

    ( The Making of the Modern Law: Legal Treatises, 1800-192...)

Politics

Liberal.

Membership

29th United Kingdom Parliament. 30th United Kingdom Parliament.

Connections

Father:

John Baker