Hercules Baker (1683–1744), of Deal and East Langdon, Kent, was a Royal Navy officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1722 to 1744.
In 1715 he was serving in the Mediterranean under his uncle, Admiral John Baker, to whose property he succeeded in 1716.
[1] Baker was returned unopposed as Member of Parliament for Hythe at the 1722 general election.
In 1736 he was appointed treasurer of Greenwich Hospital and held the post for the rest of his life.
In 1744 he was disappointed at being passed over for promotion to flag rank and considered resigning his place at Greenwich, but did not.