R. G. Baker
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Biographical Notes
Baker, R. G., C.B.E. Deputy Chairman, North-Eastern Division, National Coal Board. Educated at Leys School, Cambridge, and Sheffield University. From 1934-36, Manager of Rotherham Main Colliery, and in 1938 became Manager, Elsecar Colliery. Appointed Assistant General Manager of Earl Fitzwilliam Collieries in 1944, then General Manager from 1946 to nationalisation. Became Deputy Area General Manager and subsequently Production Manager, of the newly formed Rotherham No. 3 Area, and in 1948, became Area General Manager. In 1951, was Acting Production Director of the North-Eastern Division.
Source: 1955 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
Biographical Notes
Baker, R. G., C.B.E. Deputy Chairman, North-Eastern Division, National Coal Board. Educated at Leys School, Cambridge, and Sheffield University. From 1934-36, Manager of Rotherham Main Colliery, and in 1938 became Manager, Elsecar Colliery. Appointed Assistant General Manager of Earl Fitzwilliam Collieries in 1944, then General Manager from 1946 to nationalisation. Became Deputy Area General Manager and subsequently Production Manager, of the newly formed Rotherham No. 3 Area, and in 1948, became Area General Manager. In 1951, was Acting Production Director of the North-Eastern Division. Address: The Lodge, South Parade, Doncaster.
Source: 1960 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory
- 1955 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
- 1960 Colliery Year Book and Coal Trades Directory. Published by The Louis Cassier Co. Ltd., from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
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