Education
Baker was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts (as seventh senior optime) in 1762, Master of Arts
Baker was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts (as seventh senior optime) in 1762, Master of Arts
In 1765, and Doctor of Divinity in 1788. He was elected to a fellowship in his college, and in 1772 was presented to the rectory of Cawston-with-Portland in Norfolk, which he held till his death in 1818.