George Baker (dean of Antigua)

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George Stanley Baker was the Dean of Antigua from 1943 until 1970. [1]

Baker was educated at Codrington College and ordained in 1926. His first post was a curacy at St. John's Cathedral Antigua after which he held incumbencies in Anguilla and St Kitts. He then served the rest of his career at the Cathedral: from 1937 until 1943 as Sub Dean and from then until retirement as Dean.

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References

  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p44London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X