# Sir Samuel Baker — Eminent Victorians character guide

> Sir Samuel Baker in Eminent Victorians by Lytton Strachey.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Samuel Baker

**First appearance:** 0024-the-end-of-general-gordon

## Who they are

British explorer and governor of Equatoria.

## In the story

### [The End of General Gordon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/eminent_victorians_se/chapters/the-end-of-general-gordon)

Mentioned as the type of strong man Gordon believed should be sent to Khartoum to overpower the Mahdi.

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