BALDOCK, ROBERT (_youngest son of Thomas Baldock of Burwash Sussex, surgeon_). _b._ Burwash July 1789; bookseller at 85 High Holborn, London 1814 to death. _d._ 85 High Holborn 5 Nov. 1861. BALDOCK, THOMAS. Midshipman R.N. 25 Oct. 1806; superintended packet service at Dover 19 Aug. 1846 to Sep. 1852; captain on h.p. 9 Jany. 1854; retired R.A. 10 Sep. 1869; K.T.S. 1 May 1837. _d._ Hastings 11 March 1871 aged 81. BALDWIN, AUGUSTUS. Entered navy May 1794: captain 1 Jany. 1817; retired admiral 10 Nov. 1862. _d._ Toronto 5 Jany. 1866. BALDWIN, CHARLES (_3 son of Henry Baldwin of London, printer, who founded the St. James’s Chronicle 1761_). _b._ 1774; sole proprietor of _St. James’s Chronicle_ and _Morning Herald_; founded the _Standard_ evening paper 21 May 1827, published in it the news of the surrender of Varna 11 Oct. 1828 a fortnight before arrival of the Government couriers; contested Lambeth Aug. 1837 and July 1841; master of the Stationers’ company 1842 and 1843; retired from business 1844; probably oldest volunteer in the kingdom. _d._ 27 Sussex gardens, Hyde park, London 18 Feb. 1869 in 95 year. _Reg. and mag. of biog. i_, 313–15 (1869). BALDWIN, CHARLES BARRY (_eld. son of Charles Baldwin, lieut. col. of Kings county militia_). _b._ 1789; barrister I.T. 26 Nov 1824; secretary to comrs. for claims on France, sole comr. to 1830; M.P. for Totnes 1830–32 and 1839–52. _d._ Paris 13 April 1859. BALDWIN, CONNELL JAMES (_son of James Baldwin of Clohina, co. Cork_). _b._ Clohina; ensign 87 foot 23 July 1807; captain 50 foot 10 Feb. 1820 to 22 Feb. 1827 when placed on h.p.; served in the Peninsula for which he received a medal and 10 clasps; raised a regiment at Cork for Emperor of Brazil but brought the men back again on being ordered to the interior of Brazil as settlers; went to Canada about 1828; raised a regiment of Militia for defence of the frontier in troubles of 1837–38. _d._ Toronto 14 Dec. 1861. _H. J. Morgan’s Sketches of eminent Canadians_ (1862) 733–35. BALDWIN, EDWARD. _b._ Waterford; a pugilist 6 feet 5 inches in height; beaten by Andrew Marsden 21 Oct. 1863; beat George Iles 19 Feb. 1866; beat A. Marsden 25 Sep. 1866; matched to fight Joseph Wormald for Championship 29 April 1867 but forfeited his stakes; matched to fight James Mace for Championship 15 Oct. 1867 but Mace was arrested; fought J. Wormald at Lynnfield Massachusetts 1868 for Championship and 2,500 dollars when police interfered, he was awarded the stakes as Wormald declined to renew the fight; shot dead in the United States Sep. 1875. _Modern Boxing by Pendragon_ (1879) 83–89; _Illust. Sporting News v_, 97 (1866), _portrait_.