Baker, James, 1830-1906
f. 113 Lieutenant-Colonel James Baker: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878.
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f. 234 Lieutenant-Colonel James Baker: Letters to Sir A. H. Layard: 1877, 1878.
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Relation: correspondedWith Layard, Austen Henry, 1817-1894
James Baker; Born January 6, 1830 in London; parent: Samuel Baker; spouse: Sarah Louisa White; brothers: John Garland Baker, Samuel White Baker (1821-1893), Valentine Baker/Baker Pasha (1827-1887). Education: College School, Glouceser; Cambridge University (MA 1865). Military service: Indian Navy 1845, surveying Arabian coast & working to suppress slave trade; British Army including Crimean War; left army in 1858. Became major of volunteers commanding University Rifle Volunteers at Cambridge 1860, lieutenant colonel later in 1860, Full Colonel in 1906. Interacted w/Prince Consort because of schemes to establish a military degree at Cambridge. "Freelance unpaid intelligence gatherer" reporting to the Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli. Private secretary of Earl Grosvenor (Hugh Grosvenor 1825-1899). Published <i>Turkey in Europe</i> in 1877. Came to Canada w/family in 1885, settled at Skookumchuck; later the primary founder of Cranbrook. "[H]e and his partners came to an agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway. The choice of a route passing through Cranbrook and bypassing Fort Steele led to the development of Cranbrook as the major centre in the area." Coal mining scheme at Crowsnest Pass. "He represented Kootenay from 1886 to 1890, East Kootenay from 1890 to 1898 and East Kootenay South from 1898 to 1900 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia." In provincial cabinet as Provincial Secretary and Minister of Education, Immigration and Mines. Supported a head tax on the entry of Chinese and Japanese persons into the province. Returned to England 1900. Died in Inglewood, Parkstone [Poole], Dorset, July 31, 1906
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Date: 1830-01-06 (Birth) - 1906-07-31 (Death)
BiogHist
Nationality: English
Note: Nationality deduced from place of birth and father's nationality
Gender: Male
Occupation: Cabinet officers
Occupation: Intelligence officers
Occupation: Land speculators
Occupation: Lieutenant Colonel
Occupation: Military Officer
Occupation: Politicians
Occupation: Promoters
Relation: associatedWith Albert, Prince Consort, consort of Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1861
Relation: employeeOf British Army
Relation: associatedWith Disraeli, Benjamin, 1804-1881
Relation: employeeOf Grosvenor, Hugh Lupus, 1st Duke of Westminster
Relation: employeeOf Indian Navy (active 1798-1921)
Relation: alumnusOrAlumnaOf University of Cambridge.
Place: London
Place: Regional District of East Kootenay
Place: Persian Gulf
Place: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Note: Citizenship deduced from place of birth and government service
Subject: Development
Note: Involved in land development schemes (settlement, mines, railways)
Subject: Immigrants
Note: Spent years 1885-1900 establishing British settlements in BC
Subject: Immigration opponents
Note: Supported a head tax on the entry of Chinese and Japanese persons into British Columbia.
Subject: Mining
Subject: Railroads
Note: "[H]e and his partners came to an agreement with the Canadian Pacific Railway. The choice of a route passing through Cranbrook and bypassing Fort Steele led to the development of Cranbrook as the major centre in the area."
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Name Entry: Baker, James, 1830-1906
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Place: Persian Gulf
Found Data: Persian Gulf, Asia
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