Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, 2nd Baronet CB (3 January 1787 – 2 November 1859) was an officer of the British Royal Navy who served during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars against France and her allies, and also in the War of 1812 against the United States. Biography Baker was born in Nancy, France, the eldest surviving son of Sir Robert Baker, Bt., and Dinah Hayley, the daughter of Mary (née Wilkes) and George Hayley, Alderman and MP for the City of London. Baker entered the Royal Navy in December 1797 as a first class volunteer aboard the frigate Unite under the command of Captain Charles Rowley. He then served aboard the brig-sloop under Captains Charles Wollaston and James Brisbane, before returning to Captain Rowley to serve as a midshipman in , all in home waters, until the peace of 1802. In July 1802 he joined under Captain Bendall Robert Littlehales, and after taking part in the capture of Saint Lucia under Admiral Sir Samuel Hood, he and Littlehales returned home aboard the hired brig Morne Fortunee with despatches in June 1803. He was then attached to , Captain the Honourable Alexander Cochrane, but soon returned to the West Indies to serve aboard under Captain John Bligh in operations at Saint-Domingue. Baker took part in the blockade of Cape François; the capture of Fort Dauphin, where two forts and a 28-gun corvette La Sagesse, were taken; and the surrender of the French squadron with the remains of General Rochambeau's army on board. On 16 July 1804 Baker followed Captain Bligh into the frigate with the rank of acting-lieutenant. In March 1805 he was transferred 18-gun Reynard under the command of Captain Jeremiah Coghlan. On 20 March the Reynard destroyed a large French privateer General Ernouf, as a result of which Baker's commission was confirmed and backdated to 18 October 1804. In December 1805 he joined the Fortunée under Captain Henry Vansittart, then from May 1806 served aboard Mediator under Captain William Furlong Wise as first lieutenant. He took part in the capture of several privateers, and the storming of the fort at Samaná on 14 February 1807. He then served aboard , the flagship of Rear-Admiral James Richard Dacres. Baker returned home in late 1807 and joined the under Captain William Roberts, then under Captain Rowley again, and under George Sayer. In August 1809, he took charge of a