Later Life
Baker's discharge from bankruptcy was suspended from 17 December 1959 for two years and six months. In February 1960, Baker asked Robert Maxwell for an appointment as a Director of his new publishing company; Maxwell refused. He wrote his prison memoirs, published under the title "Time Out of Life" by Heinemann in 1961; in them Baker claimed his financial downfall was caused by his financial guarantors repudiating their signatures, and that he had always believed them to be genuine. He could not explain why he had pleaded guilty.
Baker unsuccessfully petitioned for a Royal Pardon in 1965. He died on 14 November 1966, aged 45.
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