Capital city meaning "head". In several English-speaking states, the terms county town and county seat are also used in lower subdivisions. In some unitary states, subnational capitals may be known as "administrative centres". The capital is often the largest city of its constituent, though not always. Historically, the major economic centre of a state or region often becomes the focal point of political power, and becomes a capital through conquest or federation. (The modern capital city has, however, not always existed: in medieval Western Europe, an itinerant (wandering) government was common.) Examples are Ancient Babylon, Abbasid Baghdad, Ancient Athens, Rome, Constantinople, Chang'an,
George Baker (died 1723) City at the 1713 general election. They were both returned unopposed at the 1715 general election. He was a Tory and like his father in law voted against the administration. He did not stand at the 1722 general election. Baker died, at Bristol, on 1 June 1723, and was buried at Lanchester on the 12 June. He and his wife had two sons and two daughters, but only one of each survived. George Baker (died 1723) George Baker (died 1723) of Crook Hall, Lanchester and Elemere, county Durham, was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from