He was a sports and games rules enthusiast, and one of the founders of I Zingari on 4 July 1845. He was also the writer of the first standardized rules for badminton in 1868, while on a visit to Badminton House,[5] and editor of "The Laws of Short Whist" of 1864. He was Warden of Tintern Abbey in 1873.[1]
In 1870, Baldwin "devoted his time to a careful study of the game of Bésique", producing a volume on its rules and "a system ... by which all players should regulate their game".[6]
^The Foreign Office List and Diplomatic and Consular Hand-Book, fortieth publication, January 1872, compiled by Edward Hertslet, Harrison (Pall Mall), 1872, endpapers
^The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of the British Empire for 1881, Joseph Foster, Nichols and Sons, 1881, p. 393
^Burke's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, 107th edition, vol. 1, ed. Charles Mosley, Burke's Peerage Ltd, 2003, p.320