Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, 1st Baronet, KCB, CMG (6 January 1802 – 12 February 1876) was Surveyor of the Navy from 1848 to 1861.

Walker summoned the Turkish Captains to a Council of War, and proposed a night landing where he would surround the palace, carry off Muhammad Ali, and despatch him to Constantinople.

He has created a baronet on 18 July 1856, gaining the title 1st Baronet Wake Walker, of Oakley House,[7] appointed Rear Admiral of the Blue in 1858,[8] and Rear-Admiral of the White in 1861,[9] in which year he was also appointed Commander-in-Chief, Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station.

It is reported that due to the stresses caused by their powerful engines, Orlando and Mersey were both broken up after less than 20 years of service.

[10] When in 1858 the French started building La Gloire, the first armoured iron-hulled ship, the Admiralty was asked what it was doing to match this "new engine of war".

[11] His grandson Sir Frederic Wake-Walker also achieved flag rank and served in both World Wars, playing a leading role in the evacuation of Dunkirk and the hunt for the battleship Bismarck.