Geoffrey Richard Baker
12 June 1904 to 23 March 1974
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1904
Geoffrey Richard Baker was the son
of Arthur and Marianne (nee Hall) Baker (BAK00155) born
on 12 June 1904 (1939 Register) and baptised on 17 July 1904 (Audlem Parish Records).
1909
Geoff Baker at Highfields in about
1909
1910
Geoffrey Baker about 1910
1911
1911
Census – Swanbach Villa, Audlem, Cheshire
Arthur Baker, 51,
private means
Marianne Baker,
38
Hilda Marian
Baker, 11
Margaret Louisa
Baker, 10
Geoffrey Richard
Baker, 6
Mary Alice Baker,
38, housekeeper
Two servants
1921
1921
Census –
Isle of Man
Geoffrey R Baker,
17, born Audlem, was at King Williams College.
The establishment
of King Williams College was founded in 1833, when it opened its doors with 46
boys. The shield in the centre of the College's coat of arms is that of Bishop
Isaac Barrow. The school was named after King William IV, who is said to have
been asked for a financial contribution and to have offered the founders my
most valuable possession, my name. The school features, thinly disguised,
in the Victorian schoolboy book Eric, or, Little by Little by
Dean Farrar who had been a boy at the school. Though the school
name was changed to Bishop’s College, it is the central location, too, in the
book The Zone by Graham Hamer who was educated at King William's College
in the 1960s. The college is noted for its annual open water half-mile swim in Derbyhaven Bay, which usually takes place in late June,
depending on tides and weather conditions. Around thirty pupils and staff take
part each year. It is compulsory for all other students to watch the swim.
The college in
the nineteenth century
1926
Geoffrey Baker with Christopher Bullock,
Katherine Bullock and others skiing in Lenzerheide,
January 1926 (from a photo album
belonging to Catherine Mira Hall nee Stubbs)
1935
Peggy with Geoff Baker in about 1935
1937
Farmed at Harlaxton.
In his younger days he rode to hounds and was a successful point
to point rider.
1939
1939 Register, The Upwoods,
Ashbourne, Derbyshire
Geoffrey R Baker, born 12 June 1904, dairy farmer and Observer
Corps
Hilda M Baker, born 2 July 1899, lecturer and demonstrator
James Hall, born 17 March 1899, dairy farmer
Florence Hilda Wright, born 13 July 1914, domestic servant
1939
Geoffrey Baker married Joyce Wright in Cheshire in the last
quarter of 1939 (GRO Volume 8a page 1653).
They moved to The Grange, Little Ponton.
He enjoyed fly fishing and shooting.
Joyce Baker with Jenny and
Jacqueline
Grange Farm, Little Ponton
1958
LITTLE PONTON
FARMER’S BEREAVEMENT. Deplored death of Mrs G R Baker, wife of Mr G R Baker, a
farmer, of the Grange, Little Ponton, who had been ill for some time, and the
funeral service, which preceded cremation at Leicester, was at Little Ponton
church on Saturday, conducted by the rector, the Rev THL Parker. The large
congregation bore testimony to the esteem and respect in which Mrs Baker was
held. Organist was Mr Cann, of Little Ponton. Immediate mourners were the
widower: the Misses Jennifer and Jacqueline Baker, daughters; Mrs D Wright,
mother; Mr J C Wright and Mr P H Wright, brothers; Miss H M Baker and Mrs
Farndale, sisters in-law; Mr G Farndale, nephew; and
Mrs PH Wright, sister in law. (Grantham Journal, 2 May 1958).
1966
Geoff was an
active president of the Stragglers Cricket Club.
1974
Geoffrey Baker
died on 23 March 1974. Baker, Geoffrey Richard of The Grange Little Ponton
Grantham Lincs died 23 March 1974 Probate London 22 May £88903 (Probate Records).
23 March 1974: LITTLE
PONTON FARMER DIES IN HOSPITAL. The farming community in the Grantham suffered
a loss by the death of Mr G R Baker, of Little Ponton. He died in Stamford
Royal Infirmary after a short illness, at the age of 69. Mr Baker went to farm
at Harlaxton in 1937 and after marrying Miss Joyce Wright in 1940 moved to the
Grange at Little Ponton. In his younger days he rode to hounds and was a
successful point to point rider. Latterly, his main hobbies were fly fishing
and shooting. For the past eight years he had been an active president of the
Stragglers Cricket Club. He is survived by his two daughters, Mrs Jennifer
Skelton, of Thorpe Arnold, and Mrs Jacqueline French. A large congregation
attended the funeral service at Little Ponton church which was followed by
cremation at Grantham. Chief mourners were Mr and Mrs Skelton, sons in law and
daughters; Miss H Baker, Mrs A Farndale, sisters; Mr G Farndale, nephew; Mr and
Mrs J C Wright. Floral tributes were received from Jenny and Bill; David,
Caroline, James and Nicholas, grandchildren; Kim and Jackie; Hilda, Peg and
family; Roger and Edna, Foston cottage; Len Sims and family; Mitch; Martin,
Anne and Richard; Jack and Muriel; Chat, Colwyn Bay; Jack, Joe, John and
Chatty; Directors and staff, Chandlers, Grantham.