Colonial Despatches

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.2

Walker 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. Peter Davis, Baldwin Wake Walker R.N., The Victorian Royal Navy (website). http://www.pdavis.nl/ShowBiog.php?id=711
• 3. C. I. Hamilton, Walker, Sir Baldwin Wake, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
• 4. Ibid.
• 5. Ibid.