Rev. William George Corbett Baker
13 May 1885 to 25
April 1947
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1885
William George Corbett Baker was the
son of William Meath and Hannah (nee Corbett) Baker (BAK00310).
He was born on 13 May 1885 and baptised on 19 July 1885 (Hasfield Parish Records).
1901
William Baker attended
Charterhouse School, Godalming, Surrey (Charterhouse
School Register).
1891 Census – Hasfield Court
William M Baker, 33 living
on his own means
Hannah M Baker, his wife,
31
William G C Baker, 5
Francis M Baker, 4
Edward J Baker, 3
A house chef, butler,
lady’s maid, 5 house maids and a footman
1901
1901 Census – 143 to 145 King’s Road, Brighton
William G C Baker, 15, visitor
Hannah Baker, 41, living on own
means, visitor
Francis R Baker, 14
Edward J Baker, 13
Ronald Writte, Private Tutor
1911
1911 Census – 47 Queens Crescent, St Pancras,
London
William George Vincent Corbet
Baker, 25, Clerk in holy orders
Brother Maurice Child, 27, Clerk
in holy orders
A footman and a page
1921
1921 Census – The Oratory, Kensington
William George Vincent Corbet
Baker, 36, cleric in minor orders
1918
William became a priest in the
Church of Rome in 1918.
1947
Baker the reverend William George Corbet
of the Oratory Brompton Road London SW7 died 25 April 1947 Probate Oxford 18
October to the Reverend Kenneth Dale-Roberts Roman Catholic Priest and
Madeleine Baker widow. Effects £40464 3s 9d (Probate Records).
DEATH OF FATHER W G C BAKER. He
was the eldest and last surviving son of the late Mr and Mrs W Meath Baker, of
Hasfield Court. He originally took holy orders in the Church of England, but in
1918 was received into the Church of Rome, and by agreement with his brother, the
late Mr Frank Meath Baker succeeded to the Hasfield quarter state. There is now
only one male representative of the family left, Mr Gregory Meath Baker, only
son of Mrs and late Mr F Meath Baker. The tenor bell off St Mary's parish
church, Hasfield, was tolled to mark the death of
Father Baker. (Citizen, 16 May 1947).
HASFIELD. DEATH OF FARGER W G C
BAKER. Deep regret is felt in Hasfield by the death, which took place very
suddenly, of Father William George Corbett Baker. The deceased priest, who was in
his sixty second year, was the eldest and last surviving son of the late Mr and
Mrs W Meath Baker, of Hasfield Court. He originally took holy orders in the
Church of England, but in 1918 was received into the Church of Rome, and became
father of the famous Brompton Oratory, London. On joining the Roman church, he
agreed to break the entail, as a result of which his
brother, the late Mr Frank Meath Baker, succeeded to the Hasfield Court estate.
He was much loved in Hasfield, and was due to play a
prolonged visit to his native village, when death intervened. Immediately on
receipt of the sad news, the tenor bell of St Mary's parish church, Hasfield
was tolled. On Friday of last week, deceased was buried at Sydenham, London,
which is the burial place of Brompton Oratory. Bishop Myers and Monsignor
Ronald Knox assisted at the requiem. The Brompton Oratory Cadet Corps formed a
guard of honour at the funeral, at which Mrs M Meath Baker, Hasfield Court,
sister-in-law, and Mr Gregory Meath Baker, nephew, were the principal mourners. (The Tewkesbury Register, and Agricultural Gazette,
17 May 1947).