Admiral William Alexander Baillie-Hamilton (6 June 1803 – 1 October 1881) was a Scottish naval commander who served on the

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Biography

A member of the Baillie-Hamilton family headed by the

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, he was the son of the Venerable Charles Baillie, Archdeacon of Cleveland and his wife Lady Charlotte Home, daughter of Alexander Home, 9th

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. Three of his brothers also gained distinction. Sir George Baillie was Ambassador to Tuscany; Charles Baillie-Hamilton was a politician; Ker Baillie-Hamilton was Governor of the Leeward Islands; and Cospatrick Baillie-Hamilton was also an admiral in the Royal Navy., accessed September 2009 Baillie-Hamilton served on the

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. He married Harriet Hamilton (1812–1884), daughter of

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, 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. He became

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on 28 April 1845. His son, also

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(1844–1920), played football for Scotland in the first of the

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and was later a senior civil servant. Another son, Charles (1848–1927), also played for Scotland in the same match.

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Full navy career
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