Capt. Christopher Baker

Not the father of Sir George Baker, The Queen's Surgeon

Christopher Baker

• Birth: seen as Jan. 5, 1528 Surrey, England
• Death: 1628 Norfolk, England
• BURIAL : 08/04/1628 St Dunstan and All Saints Churchyard Stepney, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Greater London, England

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Captain Christopher Baker, who commanded the ship Foresight in the 1588 Spanish Armada for the Royal British Fleet. The Coat of Arms and Crest represented on the portrait were granted to Baker, and his name inscribed on the picture was revealed during conservation work to remove later overpainting.

Captain Baker is shown wearing ornamental armor and stands in a pose favored for military figures. A translation of the long inscription reads: "AD 1588, in the thirtieth year of Queen Elizabeth's reign, when Lord Charles Howard, High Admiral of England, had taken the command of the Royal English Fleet, to oppose the Spanish Armada fitted out for the destruction of the English, but which was itself defeated and suffered the ruin it had threatened, I was appointed by the same High Admiral Captain of the Royal Ship called Foresight, and one of the four who under the title of Vice Admiral were to manage the fleet."

Married to Dortythe Thomson.

Burial: Unknown

Created by: David Reese Record added: Jun 08, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 71011234

References

• Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. (1892). Calendar of the Manuscripts of the Most Hon. the Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., &c. &c. &c., Preserved at Hatfield House, Hertfordshire, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. Vol. 4, p. 81. https://books.google.com/books?id=OggRAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&...
• Ancestry.com. London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. < AncestryImage > Name: Christopher Baker Gender: Male Record Type: Burial Death Date: Abt 1628 Burial Date: 4 Aug 1628 Burial Place: St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex, England