Sir Henry Baker, 2nd Baronet

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, 2nd Baronet, CB (3 January 1787 – 2 November 1859) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars against France and her allies, and also in the War of 1812 against the United States.

Biography Baker was born in Nancy, France, the eldest surviving son of Sir Robert Baker, Bt., and Dinah Hayley, the daughter of Mary (née Wilkes) and George Hayley, Alderman and MP for the City of London. Baker entered the Royal Navy in December 1797 as a first class volunteer aboard the frigate Unite under the command of Captain Charles Rowley. He then served aboard the brig-sloop under Captains Charles Wollaston and James Brisbane, before returning to Captain Rowley to serve as a midshipman in , all in home waters, until the peace of 1802.

In July 1802 he joined under Captain Bendall Robert Littlehales, and after taking part in the capture of Saint Lucia under Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, he and Littlehales returned home aboard the hired brig Morne Fortunee with despatches in June 1803. He was then attached to , Captain the Honourable Alexander Cochrane, but soon returned to the West Indies to serve aboard under Captain John Bligh in operations at Saint-Domingue. Baker took part in the blockade of Cape François; the capture of Fort Dauphin, where two forts and a 28-gun corvette La Sagesse, were taken; and the surrender of the French squadron with the remains of General Rochambeau's army on board. He succeeded his father as second baronet on 4 February 1826.

On 29 July 1840, Baker was selected by Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Digby, Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, to be his flag captain in the at Sheerness. In October 1841, a few days after transferring with Digby to Camperdown, while in attendance on the Lords of the Admiralty, he broke his leg and received other severe injuries. He resigned the command of Camperdown in December, and on 19 January 1842 was granted a pension of £180. He was promoted to rear-admiral on 6 November 1850, and to vice-admiral on 9 July 1857. Vice-Admiral Baker died on 2 November 1859.