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Reginald Poynton Baker, MC, FCA, FRSA, (19 July 1896 – 31 January 1985), was a British film producer and a major contributor to the development of the British film industry. Along with his younger brother Leslie Forsyth, he played a decisive role in establishing Ealing Studios. He was the father of Conservative MP Peter Baker. Baker died in Australia aged 89. From 1943 to 1946, Baker was president of the Kinematograph Renter's Society of Great Britain and Ireland (KRS) and from 1950 to 1953, president of the British Film Producers Association (BFPA).〔"International Television Almanac", by Richard Gertner, published by Quickly publishing company 1979, p.15〕 He lived at Loddenden Manor, a 300 acres estate, Staplehurst, Kent until 1954.〔"Country Life", volume 116, 1954.〕 ==Family and early life== A soldier, a successful accountant and a movie magnate, Baker was descended from an old Norfolk family, the fourth of the five children of Samuel Henry Baker (1866–1918), a manager of chemical works of 44 James Lane,〔"England and Wales, National Probate Calendar", (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966〕 Leytonstone, Essex and his wife Jane Louisa Baker (1870-1955) Christoffer,〔General Register Office, ''England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes'',District.West Ham, vol. 4a, p. 311〕 daughter of builder John Cort Christoffer (1834–1913).〔"England and Wales, National Probate Calendar", (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858–1966〕 He married in 1917 Gwendolyn Emily Christabel, daughter of Arthur Webb, a Draper from Romford, Essex.〔General Register Office, ''England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes'',District.Romford, vol. 4a, p. 1094.〕 Baker was a remote relative〔"John Kerry's family, he died c. 1780, and was a Wheelwright and farmer of Diss, Norfolk"〕 of British Army officers Sir Arthur Borton and Brigadier General Neville Travers Borton Pasha CMG (1870-1938), Postmaster general in Egypt and British military governor of Jerusalem, the first incumbent of the office, due to health problems was replaced by Sir Ronald Storrs. 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「Reginald Baker (film producer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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