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Peter Arthur David Baker MC (20 April 1921 – 14 November 1966) was a British soldier, author, publisher and Conservative politician who served as a member of parliament (MP) for South Norfolk. He is chiefly remembered as the last Member of Parliament to be expelled from the House of Commons.〔"Mr. Peter Baker" (Obituary), ''The Times'', 15 November 1966, p. 12.〕 and as the inspiration behind the eccentric character of publisher Martin York in Muriel Spark's novel ''A Far Cry From Kensington''〔British poet and critic Derek Stanford's chronicles of the Neo-Romantic movement during the forties untitled ''Inside the Forties, Literary Memoirs, 1937–1957'' give some insight into Baker's character.Stanford is also one of the main protagonists of "A Far Cry From Kensington", he appeared as the unfortunate writer Harold Bartlett, nicknamed by Mrs Hawkins, ''Le pisseur de copies (he urinates frightful proses)''.〕 Baker's arrest and trial received extensive media coverage from both the British and the International press. ==Early life and family== Baker was born 20 April 1921 in Willesden, north west London. He was the son of Major Reginald Poynton Baker (1896–1985) of Loddenden Manor, Staplehurst, Kent, 〔"Dod's Parliamentary Companion 1952", Business Dictionaries Ltd., London, 1952, p. 277.〕 and his first wife Gwendolyn Emily Christabel Baker née Webb (1897–1962). Baker's father later became a successful movie producer based at Ealing Studios.〔Muriel Spark, "Curriculum Vitae", New Directions Publishing, 2011, p. 196.〕 Baker tried to create a fictional connection with the Tudor Bakers of Sissinghurst Castle, Kent, whose members included Sir John Baker,〔"Foreign News Young Wizard"," Time Magazine", 13 December 1954.〕 a Chancellor of the Exchequer and Speaker of the House of Commons in the 16th century; Sir Richard Baker,〔"Time Out of Life", p. 213-4.〕 an author who was also a Member of Parliament; Sir Samuel White Baker,〔"My Testament", p. 247.〕〔In "My Testament", p. 247, Falcon Press published in 1949 a work on Sir Samuel White Baker untitled ''Baker of the Nile'', written by Dorothy Middleton (1909–1999).She was asked by Baker to wrote the book, (author's foreword, 20 July 1948, no mention of any genealogical link between Baker and his famous homonym).〕 the discoverer of Lake Albert; and his younger brother, Valentine Baker,〔"Time Out of Life", p. 213.〕 a famous soldier who also spent some time in Wormwood Scrubs Prison. Baker made another bogus claim, mentioning in his memoirs that St. Luke's Chapel, otherwise known as St-Mary-in-the-Marsh and situated inside Norwich Cathedral, had been the site since 1586〔 of his family weddings and christenings. In fact, it was only used on one occasion by his ancestors, in June 1744 for a quiet wedding. Nevertheless, this Lady chapel was chosen by Baker as the venue for his youngest daughter's christening.〔 On 5 June 1948 Baker married Gloria Mae Heaton-Armstrong, daughter of Colonel Charles George William Stacpool Heaton-Armstrong, at Kensington. The Heaton-Armstrong family belonged to the Anglo-Irish Protestant landowning class and were related to soldier and MP Sir Thomas Armstrong.〔"A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland ,Volume 1", by Bernard Burke〕 Armstrong was involved in the Rye House Plot. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Baker (British politician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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