The Baker, later Sherston-Baker Baronetcy, of Dunstable House in Richmond in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 14 May 1796 for Robert Baker of the Surrey Fencible Cavalry, in recognition of his raising and maintaining a cavalry regiment of 500 men styled "The Richmond Rangers". He had married in 1783 Dinah Hayley, daughter of George Hayley.
He was succeeded by his son, the 2nd Baronet, a vice-admiral in the Royal Navy. The 4th Baronet was Recorder of Helston and of Barnstaple and Bideford and a County Court judge. The 5th Baronet assumed by deed poll the additional surname of Sherston in 1923.
Baker, later Sherston-Baker baronets, of Dunstable House (1796) Sir Robert Baker, 1st Baronet (1754–1826) Sir Henry Loraine Baker, 2nd Baronet (1787–1859) Sir Henry Williams Baker, 3rd Baronet (1821–1877), a cleric and hymnwriter, promoter of Hymns Ancient and Modern. Sir George Edward Dunstan Sherston Baker, 4th Baronet (1846–1923) Sir Dodington George Richard Sherston-Baker, 5th Baronet (1877–1944) Sir Humphrey Dodington Benedict Sherston-Baker, 6th Baronet (1907–1990) Sir Robert George Humphrey Sherston-Baker, 7th Baronet (born 1951)
The heir apparent is the current holder's son David George Arbuthnot Sherston-Baker (born 1992).
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