Francisco Reynolds Baker

Francisco Reynolds Baker (1882 – c. 1967) was an Argentine politician and military man, who served as director of the Argentine Military School, and as president of Superior Council of War and Navy.

[2] He was born in Buenos Aires, the son of Francisco Reynolds, a soldier belonging to an Anglo-Creole family of Buenos Aires, and Alice Baker Spencer, born in New York.

[3] He was director of the military school from 1929 to 1933, being appointed that same year to occupy the command of Army Arsenals.

[4] Francisco Reynolds took an active part in the military political events of 1930 against the government of Hipólito Yrigoyen.

[6] He also served as head of the Supreme War Council during the presidency of Juan Domingo Perón.

Francisco Baker (right) and the Prince of Wales , in his visit to the Military College