b. 1802-01-06
d. 1876-02-12
Baldwin Wake Walker was a British naval officer, born on January 6, 1802.
1 From 1846-1847, Walker captained the
HMS Constance in the Pacific.
2Walker joined the navy in 1812. On September 9, 1834, he married Mary Catherine Sinclair,
with whom he had nine children.3 Walker was knighted on January 12, 1841, and was promoted to admiral in 1870.4
Walker died in Hoxne, Suffolk, on February 12, 1876.5
- 1. C. I. Hamilton, Walker, Sir Baldwin Wake, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- 2. Baldwin Wake Walker R.N., William Loney RN—Background.
- 3. C. I. Hamilton, Walker, Sir Baldwin Wake, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- 4. Ibid.
- 5. Ibid.