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Auction: 18038 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 3077

Autographs
Samuel Baker
1890 (17 April) A.L.S. from his home, Sandford Orleigh in Newton Abbot to Mrs Boyle. The letter discusses attendance to the reception in honour of Henry Morton Stanley to be held at the Albert Hall on 5th May 1890, and sends information on his daughter in Ceylon. Signed "Samuel Baker". Photo

Sir Samuel White Baker (1821 – 93) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist. He also held the titles of Pasha and Major-General in the Ottoman Empire and Egypt. He served as the Governor-General of the Equatorial Nile Basin (today's South Sudan and Northern Uganda) between April 1869 and August 1873, which he established as the Province of Equatoria. He is mostly remembered as the discoverer of Lake Albert, as an explorer of the Nile and interior of central Africa, and for his exploits as a big game hunter in Asia, Africa, Europe and North America. Baker wrote a considerable number of books and published articles. He was a friend of King Edward VII, who as Prince of Wales, visited Baker with Queen Alexandra in Egypt. Other friendships were with explorers Henry Morton Stanley, Roderick Murchison, John H. Speke and James A. Grant, with the ruler of Egypt Pasha Ismail The Magnificent, Major-General Charles George Gordon and Maharaja Duleep Singh.

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