Sir Frederick Spencer Arnold-Baker (1 April 1885 – 9 December 1963) was a British lawyer. He was the third son of Frederick Arnold-Baker (born 30 December 1845) and Helen Catherine Nairne (born 1 September 1843), and grandson of the New Zealand watercolourist Major Richard Baker (1810–1854). He was the

King's Remembrancer The King's Remembrancer (or Queen's Remembrancer) is an ancient judicial post in the legal system of England and Wales. Since the Lord Chancellor no longer sits as a judge, the Remembrancer is the oldest judicial position in continual existence ...

(later Queen's Remembrancer) from 1951 to 1957. His uncle, General Sir

Charles Edward Nairne Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Edward Nairne (30 June 1836 – 19 February 1899) was a British military officer who served in British India. Early life He was the son of Captain Alexander Nairne, a military officer in the East India Company ...

, was

Commander-in-Chief, India During the period of the Company and Crown rule in India, the Commander-in-Chief, India (often "Commander-in-Chief ''in'' or ''of'' India") was the supreme commander of the Indian Army from 1833 to 1947. The Commander-in-Chief and most of his ...

in 1898. He was a founder and the second President of the Lansdowne Club (1940–1954).Perry, Maria, ''The House in Berkeley Square'' (2003) He was knighted in 1954.

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