Rev John Baillie (1741–1806) was a British minister of the

Secession Church The First Secession was an exodus of ministers and members from the Church of Scotland in 1733. Those who took part formed the Associate Presbytery and later the United Secession Church. They were often referred to as seceders. The underlying ...

Life

Baillie was born in 1741, and came to note as one of the nine students involved in the Associate (Burgher) Divinity Hall in 1765. In 1767 he became minister of the Carliol-Street meeting-house (

United Secession Church The United Secession Church (or properly the United Associate Synod of the Secession Church) was a Scottish Presbyterian denomination. The First Secession from the established Church of Scotland had been in 1732, and the resultant "Associate Pre ...

) at

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne ( RP: , ), or simply Newcastle, is a city and metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, England. The city is located on the River Tyne's northern bank and forms the largest part of the Tyneside built-up area. Newcastle is als ...

. His convivial habits having led him into irregularities peculiarly inconsistent with his profession, he was suspended in 1784. He then assisted

William Tinwell William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

, the author of ''A Treatise of Practical Arithmetic'', in conducting a school. Afterwards he lectured in a schoolroom in St. Nicholas's churchyard at Newcastle, and in 1797 his friends fitted up the chapel at the Old Postern Gate for his use. He was in pecuniary difficulties for several years previous to his death, which occurred at

Gateshead Gateshead () is a large town in northern England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank, opposite Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle to which it is joined by seven bridges. The town contains the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Millennium Bridge, Sage ...

on 12 December 1806.

Family

He married Frances (1778-1801), a teacher in Newcastle, almost 40 years his junior.

Works

He published several detached

sermon A sermon is a religious discourse or oration by a preacher, usually a member of clergy. Sermons address a scriptural, theological, or moral topic, usually expounding on a type of belief, law, or behavior within both past and present contexts. El ...

s, such as: *''A Funeral Discourse on the Death of the Papacy, delivered before a crowded audience'', Newcastle, 1798, 8vo, *''A Funeral Sermon occasioned by the death of Frances Baillie'', his daughter, who kept a school at Newcastle, and who died in 1801 at the age of twenty-three. *His other works are: #''A Course of Lectures upon various antient and interesting Prophecies; tending to strengthen the faith and enliven the hopes of believers in the Divine Saviour, to whom all the Prophets bare witness. Lecture i. Haggai ii. 6-10'', Newcastle, 1784, 8vo. #''An Impartial History of the Town and County of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and its Vicinity'' (anon.), Newcastle, 1801, 8vo. #''History of the French War, from 1791 to 1802'', 8vo. He also assisted in writing a ''History of Egypt''.

References

;Attribution

Life

Family

Works

References

Further reading