Person Baker; Sir; Samuel White (1821 - 1893) Baker Samuel White Sir 1821 - 1893 British Male Thorngrove, Worcestershire, England 08 June 1821 Sandford Orleigh, near Newton Abbot 30 December 1893 Burial: Grimley, near Worcester

118 Belgrave Road, London (1868)

Education: Frankfurt. MA Career: Travelled to Ceylon (1845-1854); established an agricultural settlement at Nuwara Elliya; oversaw railway construction from the Danube to the Black Sea (1859); explored the sources of the Nile with his second wife; searched for and found the Great Lake Albert Nyanza (1864); accompanied the Prince of Wales to Egypt and the Nile (1869); commanded an expedition organized by the Pasha of Egypt to suppress slavery and annex the Equatorial regions of the Nile basin (1869-1873); explored Cyprus (1879) Honours: Kt 1866 Memberships: FRGS; Ethnological Society Second son of Samuel Baker of Lypiatt Park, Gloucestershire and his wife Mary, daughter of Thomas Dobson of Enfield. Married: 1) (1842) Henrietta Biddulph, daughter of Charles Martin, rector of Maisemore (she died 1855); 2) (1860) Florence, daughter of Finian von Saas (a Hungarian) Fellow 03/06/1869 Sources: Bulloch's Roll Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1894 vol 55 pp xxxiv signed by J K ©The Royal Society International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 8 Jun 1821 - 30 Dec 1893 NA6523 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes e7de2f19-f0dc-48d7-84a8-1c36364ab6ce