Frederick Ehrenfried Baume KC (13 June 1862 – 14 May 1910) was a New Zealand lawyer and politician of the Liberal Party.

[2] Baume was later considered for membership of Joseph Ward's first cabinet in 1906, however he was passed over due to his connections with the liquor trade.

[1] Baume's health began to deteriorate and in 1909 he suffered a serious heart attack where the premature announcement of his death was reported.

[1] His health was to never fully recover and resigned in 1910 citing ill-health but died in Bad Nauheim, Germany, before the resulting by-election was held.

[4] In 1921 she remarried to Edward William Kane, clerk of the New Zealand House of Representatives and died in Wellington on 22 February 1934.