Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker
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Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker MP, DL |
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| Member of Parliament for South Essex |
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In office 4 April 1857 – 1859 |
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| Preceded by | Sir William Bowyer-Smijth, 11th Baronet |
| Succeeded by | John Watlington Perry Watlington |
| Member of Parliament for South Essex |
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In office 16 Nov 1868 – 1874 |
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| Preceded by | Henry Selwin-Ibbetson, 1st Baron Rookwood |
| Succeeded by | Thomas Baring |
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| Born | 1802 |
| Died | 25 March 1880 |
| Political party | Liberal |
| Spouse(s) | Margaret Maria Hanmer |
| Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Profession | Barrister |
Richard Baker Wingfield-Baker (sometimes Richard Baker Wingfield Baker or Richard Wingfield Baker; born Richard Baker Wingfield) (1802 – 25 March 1880) MP, DL, was a Liberal Party politician, High Sheriff and Deputy Lieutenant in the English county of Essex. Like his father, maternal grandfather, half-brother, and brother-in-law, Wingfield-Baker served as a Member of Parliament.
His parents were William Wingfield 1772 - 1858), MP for Bodmin, and Lady Charlotte-Maria (died 1807), eldest daughter of Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby. Wingfield-Baker's siblings were: George-Digby (who succeeded to the estates of the Earl Digby), John-Digby, Mary, Caroline (who married Charles Pepys, 1st Earl of Cottenham), and Frances-Eliza.
After his father's second marriage to Elizabeth, daughter of William Mills of Bisterne, Hampshire, Wingfield-Baker there were several half-siblings including:Charles John Wingfield Member of Parliament for Gravesend, William-Wriothesley-Digby (Vicar of Gulval), Frederick, Henry, Kenelm-Digby, and Julia.
Wingfield-Baker entered Rugby School in 1815. He began his studies at Christ Church, Oxford in 1820, and received a BA degree from in 1827.
Wingfield-Baker became a Barrister at law at Inner Temple in 1827.
He was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Essex on 14 September 1852 under Benjamin Mildmay, Lord Lieutenant of Essex, and in 1867 served as High Sheriff of Essex. Wingfield-Baker held the position of Chairman of the Quarter Sessions. For a time, he was Secretary to the Lord Chancellor Cottenham, his sister Caroline's husband.
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