Wintour Evans Baker

In 1851 census Wintour Baker's occupation is described as a Clerk and Warehouseman at a sheet iron manufactory. The family's address was then 5 Thrissell Street, Baptist Mills, Bristol. Could have been a member of the Baptist Church Thrissell street congregation, which was the forerunner of the Kensington Baptist Church, which his son-in-law, William Barns, managed the building of in the 1880s.

In Dec 1862 bankruptcy proceedings were issued against him. There were not uncommon for business owners at the time. At that point, he was described as a chemist and druggist, as well as an agent for and dealer in Agricultural Implements. His address then was 5 Cornwallis Place, Baptist Mills, Bristol, which corresponds with that listed in the 1871 census for the family.

Refer Ken Barns memoirs (Fanny Barns' (Baker) profile) where he suggests that his grandmother Fanny Barns (Baker)’s father was a herbalist.