Background
Baker was born in Southampton.
Baker was born in Southampton.
He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton and Exeter College, Oxford and ordained in 1945.
His first post was as a curate at All Saints, King"s Heath after which he was Vicar of Street James" Church, Edgbaston. He was then Sub-Warden of Lincoln Theological College then Principal of Wells Theological College. In 1971 he became Archdeacon of Bath and four years later was appointed to the deanery of Worcester Cathedral where he served until 1986.