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Ralph Bourne Baker by Camille Silvy, 1 August 1861 |
Rev Ralph Bourne Baker of
Fenton and Hasfield Court 31 October 1802 to 16 August 1875
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1802
Ralph Baker was the son of William and Mary (nee Bourne)
Baker (BAK00106).
Ralph was born in 1802. He was baptised at St
Peter Ad Vincula, Stoke on Trent on 31 October 1802.
Although William Baker IV was the elder brother (though he didn’t
marry), it was Ralph Bourne Baker was appears to have
been taken up by the Bournes.
Ralph was educated at Rugby and at Trinity College, Cambridge.
1830
He then entered the church. He was Rector of Hilderstone from 1830 and became rural dean of Stone in
1852 and examining chaplain to the Bishop of Meath from 1852 to 1872.
He was also a JP for Staffordshire and Gloucestershire.
1839
The Staffordshire Advertiser, 5 January 1839:
It will be seen by our advertising columns that the consecration
of the New Church, in this town, will take place on Thursday next. We trust
that a liberal collection will be made on the occasion, as we understand there
will be additional expenses of communion plate, and other fittings up with the
church, which will amount to nearly £200.
The church at Fenton, erected and endowed by the legacy of the
late Ralph Bourne, Esquire, and of which Lord Viscount Sandon and the Rev Ralph
Bourne Baker, are trustees, will also be consecrated on Friday the 11th
instant, by the Lord Bishop of Hereford. It is intended, the weather
permitting, to move in procession to the church from the house of William Baker
Esquire, at half past ten o’clock precisely. The advertisement in our first
page states that there will be a collection on the occasion. That is mistake;
there will not be any collection. We did not receive the letter requesting us
to correct that error until a late hour yesterday.
Unlike his rather taciturn unmarried brother William Baker IV, Ralph held forth at length and on one occasion
William had to stop him by saying I think you have talked enough.
Rev Ralph Fenton married Frances Crofton Singer, the Bishop of Meath’s daughter. They had a family of four
including their son, William Meath Baker, “WMB”, initials which later appeared
on the gates of the factories who was born on 1 November 1857.
1851 Census - Parsonage, Hilderstone, Stone, Staffordshire
Ralph Bourne Baker, Head, Married, Male,
47, 1804, Perpetual curate of hilderstem rural
dean of stone magistrate of county of Stafford, Fenton, Staffordshire,
England
Frances Crofton, Baker,
Wife, Married, Female, 28, 1823, Clergyman’s wife, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Mary Frances Baker, Daughter, Female, 2, 1849, Clergyman's
daughter, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Sarah Adelaide Baker,
Daughter, Female, 0, 1851, Clergyman's daughter, Staffordshire, England
Jane Fisher, Servant,
Unmarried, Female, 35, 1816, Cook, Staffordshire, England
Hannah Hervey, Servant,
Unmarried, Female, 31, 1820, Housemaid, Staffordshire, England
Mary Tomlinson, Servant,
Unmarried , Female, 25, 1826, Nurse,
Derbyshire, England
Mary A Hasketh, Servant,
Unmarried, Female, 15, 1836, Under nurse, Staffordshire, England
1861
1861 Census - Hasfield
Court, Hasfield, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Ralph Bourne Baker, Head, Male, 68, 1803,
Staffordshire, England
Frances Crofton Baker,
Wife, Female, 48, 1823, Ireland
Mary Frances Baker, Daughter, Female, 22, 1849, Ireland
Letitia Jane Dowthen Baker, Daughter, Female, 19, 1852, Ireland
Sarah Hitchman, Sister, Female, 60, 1811,
Staffordshire, England
John Belmore, Servant,
Male, 56, 1815, Devon, England
John George Westlake,
Servant, Male, 16, 1855, Somerset, England
Louisa Field, Servant, Female, 34, 1837, Somerset,
England
Jane Welch, Servant, Female, 36, 1835, Somerset, England
Mary Heywood, Servant,
Female, 33, 1838, Devon, England
Elizabeth Ann Redding, Servant, Female, 18, 1853,
Gloucestershire, England
1861 Census - 22, Porchester Square,
Paddington
Ralph B Baker, Head , Married, Male, 58, 1803, Clergyman church
England without cure of souls, Kenton, Staffordshire, England
Frances C Baker, Wife,
Married, Female, 38 , 1823, Ireland
Mary F Baker, Daughter, Female, 12, 1849, Scholar,
Ireland
Letitia J D Baker,
Daughter, Female, 9, 1852, Scholar, Ireland
William K Baker, Son,
Male, 3, 1858, Hilderstone, Staffordshire, England
Jessie Goward, Servant, Unmarried, Female, 25, 1836,
Housemaid, Scotland
Sarah Death, Servant, Unmarried, Female, 22, 1839,
Cook, Kentish Town, Middlesex, England
Sarah Addison, Servant, Unmarried, Female, 22, 1839,
Nurse, Staffordshire, England
1865
William Baker IV died on 16 August 1865 and at his death his
property of Fenton, Hasfield, and Doveridge
Woodhouse passed to Rev. Ralph Bourne Baker.
1871 Census – Hasfield
Court, Hasfield, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Ralph Bourne Baker, Head, Male, 68, 1803,
Staffordshire, England
Frances Crofton Baker,
Wife, Female, 48, 1823, Ireland
Mary Frances Baker, Daughter, Female, 22, 1849, Ireland
Letitia Jane Dowthen Baker,
Daughter, Female, 19, 1852, Ireland
Sarah Hitchman, Sister, Female, 60, 1811
Staffordshire, England
John Belmore, Servant,
Male, 56, 1815, Devon, England
John George, Westlake,
Servant, Male, 16, 1855, Somerset, England
Louisa Field, Servant, Female, 34, 1837, Somerset,
England
Jane Welch, Servant, Female, 36, 1835, Somerset, England
Mary Heywood, Servant,
Female, 33 , 1838, Devon, England
Elizabeth Ann Redding, Servant, Female, 18, 1853,
Gloucestershire, England
Ralph was the first Baker to live at Hasfield, and was buried
there.
1875
Ralph Bourne Baker died on 16 August 1875.