Kenneth Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking

**Kenneth Wilfred Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking**,  (born 3 November 1934) is a British politician. He is a former Conservative Member of Parliament and cabinet minister. He served for the offices of Home Secretary, Education Secretary and Conservative Party Chairman. He is a life member of the Tory Reform Group.

## Other websites

- Kenneth Baker interview at History of Parliament Online

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: The Right Honourable
- **name**: The Lord Baker of Dorking
- **image**: Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking crop 2.jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait of Lord Baker of Dorking
- **office1**: Members of the House of Lords, Member of the House of Lords
<small>Lords Temporal, Lord Temporal</small>
- **term start1**: 16 June 1997
<small>Life peer, Life Peerage</small>
- **office**: Home Secretary
- **primeminister**: John Major
- **term start**: 28 November 1990
- **term end**: 10 April 1992
- **predecessor**: David Waddington, Baron Waddington, David Waddington
- **successor**: Kenneth Clarke
- **office2**: Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- **primeminister2**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start2**: 24 July 1989
- **term end2**: 28 November 1990
- **predecessor2**: Tony Newton, Baron Newton of Braintree, Tony Newton
- **successor2**: The Lord Patten of Barnes
- **office3**: Chairman of the Conservative Party
- **leader3**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start3**: 24 July 1989
- **term end3**: 28 November 1990
- **predecessor3**: Peter Brooke
- **successor3**: The Lord Patten of Barnes
- **office4**: Secretary of State for Education, Secretary of State for Education and Science
- **primeminister4**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start4**: 21 May 1986
- **term end4**: 24 July 1989
- **predecessor4**: Keith Joseph
- **successor4**: John MacGregor, Baron MacGregor of Pulham Market, John MacGregor
- **office5**: Secretary of State for the Environment
- **primeminister5**: Margaret Thatcher
- **term start5**: 2 September 1985
- **term end5**: 21 May 1986
- **predecessor5**: Patrick Jenkin, Baron Jenkin of Roding, Patrick Jenkin
- **successor5**: Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale, Nicholas Ridley
- **office6**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Mole Valley (UK Parliament constituency), Mole Valley
- **term start6**: 9 June 1983
- **term end6**: 2 May 1997
- **predecessor6**: Boundary commissions (United Kingdom), _Constituency created_
- **successor6**: Paul Beresford
- **office7**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for St Marylebone (UK Parliament constituency), St Marylebone
- **term start7**: 22 October 1970
- **term end7**: 9 June 1983
- **predecessor7**: Quintin Hogg, Baron Hailsham of St Marylebone, Quintin Hogg
- **successor7**: Boundary commissions (United Kingdom), _Constituency abolished_
- **office8**: Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament
 for Acton (UK Parliament constituency), Acton
- **term start8**: 28 March 1968
- **term end8**: 18 June 1970
- **predecessor8**: Bernard Floud
- **successor8**: Nigel Spearing
- **birth place**: Newport, Wales, Newport, Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire, Wales
- **party**: Conservative Party (UK), Conservative
- **alma mater**: Magdalen College, Oxford