The Baker, later Sherston-Baker Baronetcy, of Dunstable House in Richmond in the County of Surrey, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 14 May 1796 for Robert Baker, in honour of him raising and maintaining a cavalry regiment of 500 men styled "The Richmond Rangers" for King George III

George III of the United Kingdom

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. He was succeeded by his son, the second Baronet. He was a Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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. The fourth Baronet was a Recorder

Recorder (judge)

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 of Helston

Helston

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 and of Barnstaple

Barnstaple

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 and Bideford

Bideford

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 and a County Court judge. The fifth Baronet assumed by deed poll

Deed poll

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 the additional surname of Sherston in 1923.

Baker, later Sherston-Baker Baronets, of Dunstable House (1796)

• Sir Robert Baker, 1st Baronet (1754-1826)
• Sir Henry Loraine Baker, 2nd Baronet (1787-1859)
• Sir Henry Williams Baker, 3rd Baronet
  Sir Henry Williams Baker, 3rd Baronet
  -Biography:Baker was the son of Vice-admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, C.B., by his marriage with Louisa Anne, only daughter of William Williams, Esq., of Castle Hall, Dorset. His father served with distinction at Guadeloupe in 1815. His grandfather was Sir Robert Baker of Dunstable House, Surrey,...
  
  (1821-1877)
• Sir George Edward Dunstan Sherston Baker, 4th Baronet (1846-1923)
• Sir Dodington George Richard Sherston-Baker, 5th Baronet (1877-1944)
• Sir Humphrey Dodington Benedict Sherston-Baker, 6th Baronet (1907-1990)
• Sir Robert George Humphrey Sherston-Baker, 7th Baronet (b. 1951)

The heir apparent is David George Arbuthnot Sherston-Baker.