John Baker-Carr
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{{Infobox military person
|name= Sir John Baker-Carr
|image= Sir John D'Arcy Baker.jpg
|caption= Air Marshal Sir John D'Arcy Baker-Carr
|nickname=
|birth_date= {{birth date|1906|01|13|df=yes}}
|birth_place= Hythe, Kent
|death_date= {{death date and age|1998|07|09|1906|01|13|df=yes}}
|death_place= Winchester, Hampshire
|allegiance= United Kingdom
|branch= Royal Air Force
|serviceyears= 1929–64
|rank= Air marshal
|unit=
|commands= Air Member for Supply and Organisation (1963)
No. 41 Group (1959–62)
RAF St Athan (1953–56)
|battles= Second World War
|awards= Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Companion of the Order of the Bath
Air Force Cross
Officer of the Legion of Merit (United States)
|relations=
|laterwork=
}}
Air Marshal Sir John Darcy Baker-Carr, {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|KBE|CB|AFC}} (13 January 1906 – 9 July 1998) was a senior Royal Air Force commander during the early 1960s.
Origins
He was the second son of Brigadier General Christopher D'Arcy Bloomfield Saltren Baker-Carr (1878–1949) and his first wife Sarah de Witt (1880–1969),{{citation|title = Who's Who|url= http://www.saxonlodge.net/getperson.php?personID=I4822&tree=Tatham|access-date = 21 May 2016}} daughter of William Russell Quinan who was in the explosives business with Kenneth Bingham Quinan (his nephew).{{citation|article = BAKER-CARR, Brig.-Gen. Christopher D’Arcy Bloomfield Saltern|title = Who Was Who|publisher = A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc|year= 1920–2016|url = http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U222163|access-date = 27 May 2016}} subscription or UK public library membership requiredWilliam Russell Quinan and Kenneth Bingham Quinan active together in the explosives industry in Africa, cited in {{citation|title = The United States and Africa: A History|first1 = Peter|last1 = Duignan|first2= L. H. |last2=Gann|publisher =Cambridge University Press|year= 1987|isbn=052133571X|page =156|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=dDwUFhl-4EMC&q=william+russell+quinan&pg=PA156|access-date = 27 May 2016}}
RAF career
Baker-Carr joined the Royal Air Force in 1929.[http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Baker-Carr.htm Air of Authority – A History of RAF Organisation – Air Marshal Sir John Baker-Carr][http://www.jgautographs.com/products/Military/John_Baker-Carr/204301 JG Autographs] He served in the Second World War in the Technical Branch. After the war he was appointed Deputy Director of Personnel at the Air Ministry and then Station Commander at RAF St Athan from 1953. He went on to be Air Officer Commanding No. 41 Group in 1959 and then acting Air Member for Supply and Organisation in early 1963 before retiring in 1964.
Family
On 30 June 1934 at Hambledon, Hampshire, he married Margery Alexandra (1907–2003), daughter of Major-General Alistair Grant Dallas CB CMG.{{citation|title = The Times|date = 2 July 1934|url =http://www.saxonlodge.net/getperson.php?personID=I4822&tree=Tatham|access-date = 21 May 2016}} They had no children.
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Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath
Category:Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Category:Officers of the Legion of Merit
Category:Royal Air Force air marshals
Category:Military personnel from Kent