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Michael Baker-Harber
Personal information
Full nameMichael James Baker-Harber
NationalityBritish
Born(1945-10-04)4 October 1945
Uxbridge, United Kingdom
Died25 June 2022(2022-06-25) (aged 76)
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Sailing career
ClassSoling

Michael James Baker-Harber (5 October 1945 – 25 June 2022) was a sailor from Great Britain, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario, Canada as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Iain MacDonald-Smith and fellow crew member Barry Dunning, they took the 13th place.

Early life and education[edit]

Baker-Harber was born at "Lindwell", Northwood, Middlesex, son of James Algerin Charles Baker-Harber (1905-1966) and Pam, née Orr.[1] Baker-Harber's father worked for Marks and Spencer and other department stores including Handley's of Southsea as a display designer, being "a frequent winner of display competitions"; he had served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War,[2][3][4] and played for the (English) Nondescripts Cricket Club against Sidmouth in 1949.[5] James Baker-Harber's former wife, Joyce (née Carter), subsequently married the aviator Robert Stanford Tuck.

Baker-Harber was educated at Tonbridge School.[6]

Career[edit]

Baker-Harber qualified as a solicitor, becoming partner at Ince & Co., and was president of the London Maritime Arbitrators Association from 2003 to 2006.[7][8] He was a director of Coulouthros Ltd, a freight and cargo transportation company based in London, and represented Lloyd's of London on behalf of Ince & Co.[9][10][11]

He lived on the High Street of Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex,[12] and died on 25 June 2022.[13]

Personal life[edit]

His daughter, Victoria, appeared on the reality show Made in Chelsea. She has a daughter with her partner, the American art dealer Inigo Philbrick, who in 2022 was jailed for wire fraud and ordered to pay $86.7 million.[14][15]

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Aeroplane and Commercial Aviation News- Vol. 69, 1945, p. 464
  2. ^ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/35208/page/3835/data.pdf
  3. ^ "Page 2912 | Supplement 40175, 14 May 1954 | London Gazette | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  4. ^ Display, ed. Allan Plowman, Mallard Publishing Company, 1966, p. 36
  5. ^ https://stats.acscricket.com/Archive/Scorecards/1248/1248689.html
  6. ^ The Register of Tonbridge School from 1900 to 1965, ed. C. H. Knott, Tonbridge School, 1966, p. 305
  7. ^ "Past Presidents & Honorary Secretaries of the Association". LMAA. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  8. ^ The Register of Tonbridge School from 1900 to 1965: ed. C. H. Knott, Tonbridge School (Old Tonbridgian Society), 1966, p. 305
  9. ^ American Maritime Cases, issue 2, 1985, p. 1116
  10. ^ Dead In The Water: Murder and Fraud in the World's Most Secretive Industry, Matthew Campbell, Kit Chellel, Atlantic Books, 2022
  11. ^ Lloyd's of London- A Reputation at Risk, Godfrey Hodgson, Allen Lane, 1984, p. 187
  12. ^ "Michael Baker-Harber | Deceased Estates | The Gazette". www.thegazette.co.uk. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  13. ^ "In Memoriam". LMAA. 28 June 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  14. ^ May-Williams, Sophie (10 March 2023). "MIC's Victoria Baker-Harber's life now from blonde makeover to becoming a mum". OK! Magazine. Retrieved 15 November 2023.
  15. ^ Alberge, Dalya (25 May 2022). "'He's sabotaged his entire life for greed': the $86m rise and fall of Inigo Philbrick". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 15 November 2023.

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