Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Lawrence_James_Baker> ?p ?o }
Showing triples 1 to 99 of
99
with 100 triples per page.
- Lawrence_James_Baker abstract "Lawrence James Baker (4 January 1827 – 10 June 1921) was an English stockbroker and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886.Baker was born in London, a son of Capt John Law Baker of the Madras Army, and his wife Caroline Elizabeth Browne. Privately educated he became a stockjobber. By 1855 he was senior partner of Baker & Sturdy of Copthall House, EC., and by appointment to HM Queen Victoria. He was made a trustee of the London Stock Exchange. Expert in foreign bond dealings, he sat on the Peruvian Bondholder's Committee with Liberal colleague, and former cabinet minister, George Shaw-Lefevre. The City of London was responsible for the funds of several Latin American emerging economies; their decisions saved several governments from anarchy and bankruptcy. Baker was a generous benefactor: a donor to charity, a supporter of early free Council houses, and a free trade national liberal, cutting taxes for the poor, free education, disestablishment of the Church of England, and reform of the House of Lords.Baker was living at Haydon Hall in Eastcote but bought Ottershaw Park in 1885.Baker was a candidate at least twice at Guildford and Worcester, before being chosen for Frome at short notice in September 1885, on the retirement through illness of Sir Henry Samuelson. In the 1885 general election, Baker was elected Member of Parliament for Frome. In the Liberal Unionist furore with Joseph Chamberlain's group, he lost his selection for Frome, replaced by G B Samuelson, a local candidate. But the son, G B Samuelson lost the seat in the 1886 general election to the Conservative Party candidate Lord Weymouth. He later stood for parliament unsuccessfully in Chertsey. At by-elections in 1892 he lost to Charles Harvey Combe. When Combe resigned, Baker stood again in 1897. This time Henry Currie Leigh-Bennett was victorious. In 1898 he became High Sheriff of Surrey. He built cottages in Bonsey's Lane at Ottershaw but sold the estate in 1910, after he had put it up for auction unsuccessfully in 1907. He moved for three years to Brantridge Park, Balcome, West Sussex. In 1910 he settled at Brambridge Park, Twyford, Hampshire where he died at the age of ninety-four.Baker married firstly Ellen Catherine Thompson in 1857. His second wife Susan Taylor he married in 1871 at All Saints Church, Kensington, SW. Lawrence had fourteen children, seven by each marriage.".
- Lawrence_James_Baker birthDate "1828-01-04".
- Lawrence_James_Baker birthYear "1828".
- Lawrence_James_Baker deathDate "1921-06-10".
- Lawrence_James_Baker deathYear "1921".
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageID "22691155".
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageLength "5127".
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageOutDegree "43".
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageRevisionID "704736964".
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Brantridge_Park.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Category:1828_births.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Category:1921_deaths.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Category:English_stockbrokers.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Category:High_Sheriffs_of_Surrey.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Category:Liberal_Party_(UK)_MPs.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Category:Members_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_for_English_constituencies.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Category:UK_MPs_1885–86.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Charles_Harvey_Combe.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Chertsey_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Chertsey_by-election,_1892.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Chertsey_by-election,_1897.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Church_of_England.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Conservative_Party_(UK).
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Eastcote.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Frome_(UK_Parliament_constituency).
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink George_Shaw-Lefevre,_1st_Baron_Eversley.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Haydon_Hall.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Currie_Leigh-Bennett.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Henry_Samuelson.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink High_Sheriff_of_Surrey.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink House_of_Lords.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink John_Whittaker_Ellis.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Joseph_Chamberlain.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Liberal_Party_(UK).
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink London_Stock_Exchange.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Madras_Army.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Member_of_parliament.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Ottershaw.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Peruvian_Bondholders_Committee.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Queen_Victoria.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Stockjobber.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink Thomas_Thynne,_5th_Marquess_of_Bath.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom_general_election,_1885.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink United_Kingdom_general_election,_1886.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLink William_Keswick.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLinkText "L. J. Baker".
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageWikiLinkText "Lawrence James Baker".
- Lawrence_James_Baker after John_Whittaker_Ellis.
- Lawrence_James_Baker after Thomas_Thynne,_5th_Marquess_of_Bath.
- Lawrence_James_Baker before Henry_Samuelson.
- Lawrence_James_Baker before William_Keswick.
- Lawrence_James_Baker dateOfBirth "1828-01-04".
- Lawrence_James_Baker dateOfDeath "1921-06-10".
- Lawrence_James_Baker name "Baker, Lawrence James".
- Lawrence_James_Baker shortDescription "British politician".
- Lawrence_James_Baker title High_Sheriff_of_Surrey.
- Lawrence_James_Baker title "Member of Parliament for Frome".
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Hansard-contribs.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Persondata.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Reflist.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:S-end.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:S-hon.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:S-par.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:S-start.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Succession_box.
- Lawrence_James_Baker years "1885".
- Lawrence_James_Baker years "1898".
- Lawrence_James_Baker description "British politician".
- Lawrence_James_Baker description "British politician".
- Lawrence_James_Baker subject Category:1828_births.
- Lawrence_James_Baker subject Category:1921_deaths.
- Lawrence_James_Baker subject Category:English_stockbrokers.
- Lawrence_James_Baker subject Category:High_Sheriffs_of_Surrey.
- Lawrence_James_Baker subject Category:Liberal_Party_(UK)_MPs.
- Lawrence_James_Baker subject Category:Members_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom_for_English_constituencies.
- Lawrence_James_Baker subject Category:UK_MPs_1885–86.
- Lawrence_James_Baker hypernym Stockbroker.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type Agent.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type Person.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type Person.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type Member.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type Agent.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type NaturalPerson.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type Thing.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type Q215627.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type Q5.
- Lawrence_James_Baker type Person.
- Lawrence_James_Baker comment "Lawrence James Baker (4 January 1827 – 10 June 1921) was an English stockbroker and a Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1886.Baker was born in London, a son of Capt John Law Baker of the Madras Army, and his wife Caroline Elizabeth Browne. Privately educated he became a stockjobber. By 1855 he was senior partner of Baker & Sturdy of Copthall House, EC., and by appointment to HM Queen Victoria. He was made a trustee of the London Stock Exchange.".
- Lawrence_James_Baker label "Lawrence James Baker".
- Lawrence_James_Baker sameAs Q6504215.
- Lawrence_James_Baker sameAs m.05zyc6q.
- Lawrence_James_Baker sameAs Q6504215.
- Lawrence_James_Baker wasDerivedFrom Lawrence_James_Baker?oldid=704736964.
- Lawrence_James_Baker givenName "Lawrence James".
- Lawrence_James_Baker isPrimaryTopicOf Lawrence_James_Baker.
- Lawrence_James_Baker name "Baker, Lawrence James".
- Lawrence_James_Baker name "Lawrence James Baker".
- Lawrence_James_Baker surname "Baker".