Kenneth Baker

Kenneth Wilfrid Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, PC, (born [November 3, 1934), is a British politician, and former Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative MP. Son of a civil servant, he was educated at St Paul's school, London and Magdalen College, Oxford. He worked for Shell before being elected MP for Acton in 1968. He served as Secretary of State for the Home Department, Secretary of State for Education, and Secretary of State for the Environment. He was Chairman of the Conservative Party at the time Margaret Thatcher resigned.

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Baker's most noted action in his time at the Department of Education was the introduction of the controversial "National Curriculum" through the 1988 Education Act. He also introduced in-service training days for teachers, which became popularly known as "Baker days".

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