Aaron Baker

Arms of Aaron Baker (1620–1683), detail from his mural monument in Dunchideock Church: Argent, on a saltire engrailed sable five escallops of the first on a chief of the second a lion passant of the first (Baker, of which the arms of the Baker Baronets (1796) of Dunstable House, Richmond, Surrey, are a difference); impaling the arms of his two wives, with crest of Baker above
Mural monument to Aaron Baker in Dunchideock Church, Devon

Aaron Eli Baker (1610–1683)[1] of Bowhay in the parish of Exminster,[2] near Exeter, Devon, was an English colonial agent of the Honourable East India Company, who served as the first President of the Madras Presidency (1652-1655). He was for the duration of twenty years President of Bantam in the East Indies.[3] He made a fortune in the East India trade.

  1. ^ Dates per inscription on his mural monument in Dunchideock Church
  2. ^ Lysons, Daniel & Lysons, Samuel, Magna Britannia, Vol.6, Devonshire, London, 1822, pp. 234-236 [1]
  3. ^ Per inscription on his mural monument in Dunchideock Church