Charles Baillie, Lord Jerviswood (3 November 1804 – 23 July 1879) was a Scottish

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, judge and politician. Baillie was the second son of George Baillie of

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and Jerviswood (1763–1841), son of the Hon. George Hamilton, younger brother of

Thomas Hamilton, 7th Earl of Haddington Thomas Hamilton, 7th Earl of Haddington (1721 – 19 May 1794) was a Scottish nobleman. Life Thomas Hamilton was the son of Charles Hamilton, Lord Binning and Rachel Baillie of Mellerstain and Jerviswood. Lord Binning had predeceased ''his'' fat ...

. His mother was Mary (d. 1865), youngest daughter of Sir James Pringle, 4th Baronet of Stitchill (1726–1809) by his spouse Elizabeth (1784–1826), daughter of Norman MacLeod of that Ilk, 19th Chief of MacLeod. He was born at

. Elected to the

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in 1830, he was an

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from 1844 to 1846 and in 1852. He was

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shire from 1853 to 1858,

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in 1858, and

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from 1858 to 1859. He was elected as member of parliament for

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in 1859. He was raised to rank and precedence of an earl's son and raised to the bench as a judge of the

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in 1859, taking the judicial title Lord Jerviswood. He was appointed a

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in 1862. He retired in 1874. Charles Baillie married, on 27 December 1831, the Hon. Anne (d.1880), third daughter of Hugh Scott of Harden (1758–1841) whose claim as

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, in the Peerage of Scotland, was admitted by the

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in July 1835. They left children. He died at

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House and is buried in the family vault at

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*''The Peerage of the British Empire'', by Edmund Lodge,

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, 27th edition, London, 1858, pps:276-7.

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* 1804 births 1879 deaths People from Berwickshire Nobility from the Scottish Borders Scottish sheriffs Lord advocates Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1857–1859 Jerviswood Members of the Faculty of Advocates Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Politics of West Lothian 19th-century Scottish people Solicitors general for Scotland {{Scotland-UK-MP-stub

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