Edward Baker

Edward Baker (9 August 1774 – 24 February 1862) was an English Conservative politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wilton in Wiltshire from 1823 to 1830. He was re-elected unopposed at the 1837 general election, but stood down from the House of Commons at the 1841 general election. From a Salisbury family of some social standing, Baker was educated at St John's College, Cambridge, but did not graduate. He was an officer in the militia and a justice of the peace. He was Mayor of Wilton in 1826–27. He was an aide-de-camp to William IV and to Queen Victoria from 1831 to 1857. References External links