Thomas Baker (mayor of Plymouth)

Sir Thomas Baker
Mayor of Plymouth
In office
1913–1916
Personal details
Died17 December 1926

Sir Thomas Baker KBE JP (died 17 December 1926) was an alderman on Plymouth Borough Council who served as Mayor of Plymouth from 1913 to 1916.[1] A prominent local member of the Liberal Party[1] and a justice of the peace from 1919,[2] he was heavily involved in recruiting work during the First World War,[1] for which he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE) in the civilian war honours of 30 March 1920.[3]

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c Obituary, The Times, 18 December 1926, p. 14
  2. ^ Biography, Who Was Who
  3. ^ "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3758.