When I thought about the calibre of people in the room I realized we might just have a credible candidate for Mayor who will would finally enforce the laws of the city. It was almost too good to be true.

This early influence is apparent in the churches schools and houses he later designed in South Africa. Baker had earlier designed the war memorial at Winchester College influences for which he carried over to his work on Tyne Cot. Hull a member of the first Union Cabinet chose Meintjieskop as the site for Baker's design.

His tomb is in Westminster Abbey. Sir Herbert Baker (9 June 1862 in Cobham Kent – 4 February 1946 in Cobham Kent) was a British architect.