Charles Baker (missionary)

Charles Baker
Charles Baker
Born(1803-08-05)5 August 1803
Died6 February 1875(1875-02-06) (aged 71)
NationalityEnglish
Alma materChurch Missionary Society College, Islington
OccupationMissionary
Spouses
Sophia Riley
(m. 1823; died 1826)
Hannah Bailey
(m. 1827)
ReligionChristian (Anglican)
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained1860

Charles Frederick Baker (5 August 1803 – 6 February 1875) was an English member of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) active as a missionary in New Zealand in the 19th century.[1] He supervised the construction of the historic church at Russell and was involved in the Treaty of Waitangi proceedings, a collection consisting of his journals and papers was added to the UNESCO Memory of the World New Zealand register in 2018.

  1. ^ Schofield, G. H. (1940). A dictionary of New Zealand biography (PDF). Department Internal Affairs. p. 30.