Admiral
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, ...
William Alexander Baillie-Hamilton (6 June 1803 – 1 October 1881) was a Scottish naval commander who served on the
Arctic Council when it was searching for
Sir John Franklin.
Biography
A member of the Baillie-Hamilton family headed by the
Earl of Haddington, he was the son of the Venerable Charles Baillie, Archdeacon of Cleveland and his wife Lady Charlotte Home, daughter of Alexander Home, 9th
Earl of Home. Three of his brothers also gained distinction. Sir George Baillie was Ambassador to Tuscany;
Charles Baillie-Hamilton was a politician;
Ker Baillie-Hamilton
Ker Baillie-Hamilton (13 July 1804 – 6 February 1889) was a British colonial administrator. He was born in Cleveland, England, and died in Tunbridge Wells, England.
Hamilton was educated at the Royal Military College, Woolwich, where he went ...
was
Governor of the Leeward Islands; and Cospatrick Baillie-Hamilton was also an admiral in the Royal Navy.
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Baillie-Hamilton served on the
Arctic Council when it was searching for
Sir John Franklin. He married Harriet Hamilton (1812–1884), daughter of
James Hamilton, Viscount Hamilton, in 1836. They had two daughters and four sons. A gravestone with the names inscribed of William Alexander Baillie-Hamilton's and that of his wife, Harriet, lies in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh. He is listed as having died in Portree, on the Isle of Skye.
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He became Second Secretary to the Admiralty on 28 April 1845.
His son, also William (1844–1920), played football for Scotland in the first of the England v Scotland representative football matches (1870–1872) and was later a senior civil servant. Another son, ]Charles
Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English language, English and French language, French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic, Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*k ...
(1848–1927), also played for Scotland in the same match.
References
External links
Full navy career
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1803 births
1881 deaths
William Alexander William or Bill Alexander may refer to:
Literature
*William Alexander (poet) (1808–1875), American poet and author
* William Alexander (journalist and author) (1826–1894), Scottish journalist and author
*William Alexander (author) (born 1976), ...
Permanent Secretaries to the Admiralty
Royal Navy admirals