Michael Evan Victor Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton DL (27 June 192430 May 2013) was a British peer and maternal grandson of the 9th Duke of Devonshire. The son of George Evan Michael Baillie and Maud Louisa Emma Cavendish, he was educated at

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and served as lieutenant in the

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. In 1962 he inherited the title of Baron Burton from his paternal grandmother Nellie Baillie, 2nd Baroness Burton. He was an elected county councillor for Inverness-shire 1948–75 and a justice of the peace (J.P.) 1961–75. He lived at Dochgarroch Lodge,

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and died there on 30 May 2013.

Marriages and children

On 28 April 1948, he married Elizabeth Ursula Foster Wise (d. 1993). They divorced in 1977 after having six children: *Evan Michael Ronald Baillie (b. 19 March 1949) *Elizabeth Victoria Baillie (b. 9 March 1950, d. 1986) *Phillipa Ursula Maud Baillie (b. 30 August 1951) *Georgina Frances Baillie (b. 11 May 1955) *Fiona Mary Baillie (b. 31 October 1957, d. 9 October 2004) *Alexander Baillie (b. 1963) who manages the family estate at Dochfour. In 1978, he married Coralie Denise Cliffe of Natal, South Africa (d. 17 January 2022).

Freemasonry

He became a Scottish Freemason having been initiated in Lodge Old Inverness Kilwinning St. John's, No.6, (

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) in 1951. He served as master of that lodge 1978–1979. He was also a member of Lodge Sir Robert Moray, No.1641, (

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, Scotland). He was installed as

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on 25 November 1993, within Freemasons' Hall, 96 George Street, Edinburgh.Famous Scottish Freemasons. The Grand Lodge of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland. 2010. P.108.

References

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