Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker Member of Parliament, Doctor of Laws, was a Liberal Party politician, High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant in the English county of Essex.
Background
Like his father, maternal grandfather, half-brother, and brother-in-law, Wingfield-Baker served as a Member of Parliament. His parents were William Wingfield 1772 - 1858), Member of Parliament for Bodmin, and Lady Charlotte-Maria (died 1807), eldest daughter of Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby. After his father"s second marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of William Mills of Bisterne, Hampshire, Wingfield-Baker there were several half-siblings including:Charles John Wingfield Member of Parliament for Gravesend, William-Wriothesley-Digby (Vicar of Gulval), Frederick, Henry, Kenelm-Digby, and Julia.
Education
Christ Church; Rugby School.
Career
Wingfield-Baker"s siblings were: George-Digby (who succeeded to the estates of the Earl Digby), John-Digby, Mary, Caroline (who married Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham), and Frances-Eliza. Wingfield-Baker entered Rugby School in 1815. He began his studies at Christ Church, Oxford in 1820, and received a Bachelor degree from in 1827.
Wingfield-Baker became a Barrister at law at Inner Temple in 1827.
He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex on 14 September 1852 under Benjamin Mildmay, Lord Lieutenant of Essex, and in 1867 served as High Sheriff of Essex. Wingfield-Baker held the position of Chairman of the Quarter Sessions.
His military service was with the 2nd Essex Volunteer Artillery, being promoted captain on 13 September 1860. In June 1864, he became Captain Commandant.
Membership
17th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament]
Wingfield-Baker, a Liberal, was elected a Member of Parliament for South Essex twice, first for the period of 1857-1859 and again 1868-1874.