George Percival Baker

George Percival Baker FRGS (1856–1951) was a textile merchant and manufacturer, collector of fabrics from India and Persia, amateur botanist, mountaineer, oarsman, and amateur photographer. In 1874 G. P. Baker left Constantinople to work in England for the family business. In 1884, he and his brother James founded the firm G P & J Baker and purchased in 1893 the long-established printing firm of Swaisland located in Crayford, Kent. G. P. Baker was an important collector of early Oriental fabrics and a leading expert on calico painting and printing in the East Indies.