Sir Edward Baker LITTLEHALES, 1st Bt of Ranston

1764 - 1825  (60 years)

• Name	Edward Baker LITTLEHALES  [2]
  	On 6 January 1817 his name was legally changed to Edward Baker Baker [1]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	1st Bt of Ranston
  Born	26 Mar 1764	Holborn, London, England
  	St Andrews
  Christened	26 Mar 1764	Saint Andrew Church, Holborn, London, England
  Gender	Male
  Education	Between 10 Jun 1776 and 1780	England, United Kingdom
  	Westminster School
  Occupation	3 Mar 1780
  	Ensign 54th Foot Regiment
  Occupation	15 May 1783
  	Lieutenant Half Company
  Occupation	1790
  	Captain Of Independent Company
  Occupation	14 Dec 1796
  	Major in 17th Foot and Brevet
  Occupation	21 Dec 1797
  	Brevet Lieutenant-Colonal
  Occupation	26 Dec 1798
  	Lieutenant-Colonal in 17th Foot Regiment
  Occupation	26 Dec 1798
  	Private Secretary to Lord Cornwallis
  Occupation	24 Jan 1800
  	Major in 1st Foot Regiment
  Occupation	Between 1801 and 1819	Dublin, Ireland
  	Under-Secretary to Military Department Dublin
  Retired	16 Jul 1802
  Died	4 Mar 1825	Ranston,   [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Person ID	I2584	Littlehales
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Baker-John LITTLEHALES,   b. 6 May 1732, Moulsley Park, Surrey, England, United Kingdom ,   d. 30 Oct 1785  (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Maria Hill MARTYN,   d. 10 Nov 1796
  Married	25 Oct 1759	Reading, England   [7]
  Family ID	F861	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lady Hon. Elizabeth Mary FITZGERALD,   b. 30 Oct 1780,   d. 28 Feb 1857  (Age 76 years)
  Married	22 Jul 1805  [4]
  Children	1. Edward Littlehales BAKER  [Birth] + 2. Sir Talbot Littlehales BAKER + 3. Emilia Maria BAKER
  Last Modified	19 Feb 2013
  Family ID	F36	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 26 Mar 1764 - Holborn, London, England Christened - 26 Mar 1764 - Saint Andrew Church, Holborn, London, England Education - Westminster School - Between 10 Jun 1776 and 1780 - England, United Kingdom Occupation - Under-Secretary to Military Department Dublin - Between 1801 and 1819 - Dublin, Ireland Died - 4 Mar 1825 - Ranston,  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Assumed the surname "Baker" upon recieving the estate Of his cousin PeterWilliam Baker, MP. Created a Baronet on Sept 2, 1802.

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] http://www.mundia.com.au, http://www.thepeerage.com/p8228.htm#i82277 (Reliability: 1). [S76] http://www.mundia.com.au, http://www.thepeerage.com/p8228.htm#i82277 (Reliability: 2). He was given the name of Edward Baker Littlehales at birth [S15] Burke's, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 116. [S12] jverheecke/3/data/40719. [S08] History of Littlehale in America, FREDERICK H. LITTLEHALE, 107. [S134] OPC, http://www.opcdorset.org/IwerneCourtneyFiles/IwerneCourtneyMemorials.htm. [S58] Gentleman's Magazine, Dec 1770, https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=xKZJAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PT4&dq=LITTLEHALES+-sleep+-%22mary+ward%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjEjsX98fPZAhVOWsAKHYIzAKA40gEQ6AEITDAI.