Walter Reginald Baker


Walter Reginald Baker was known for his work with various railway companies in Canada. Born in York, England, he worked seven years with the Allan Steam Ship Company in Montreal. The Montreal Historical Society reports that he followed this with three years as Aide-de-Campe for the Earl of Dufferin, Governor General of Canada, but a March 1902 edition of The Railway and Shipping World indicates that he entered service as a freight and passenger agent for Canada Central Railway in 1873. Subsequently, he held a series of positions with that company:
In 1901, he became the Assistant to the Second Vice President in Montreal, and 1911 he became Secretary of CPR.
Baker married Ottawan Jane Cruice in 1875 and fathered four children, three girls and a boy.