Thomas Guillaume St. Barbe Baker (1895-1966) was a pre-War British national socialist who had been an officer in World War I as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery and later as a Captain in the Royal Air Force. He was affiliated with many fascist movements, was an independent Nazi speaker, known for his eccentricity and walrus moustache. Baker was the brother of Richard St. Barbe Baker, famous for his wonderful tree-planting programmes, founder of the Men of the Trees.
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