He was born near
Halifax,
Yorkshire, only son- he had nine sisters- of Lieutenant-Colonel John Baldwin of the
9th Dragoons, and Eliza, daughter of Rev. Lambton Loraine, rector of
Milton Keynes,
Buckinghamshire, and
Nailstone,
Leicestershire by his wife Isabella, daughter of Sir Lancelot Allgood, of
Nunwick Hall,
Northumberland. Rev. Lambton Loraine was third son of
Sir Charles Loraine, 3rd Baronet, of
Kirk Harle, Northumberland, by Margaret, daughter of Ralph Lambton, of Lambton Hall,
County Durham, of the family of the
Earls of Durham. Baldwin was educated at
Westminster School and
Christ Church, Oxford where he developed interests in cricket and dramatics. ==Career==