John George Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington (21 December 1941 – 5 July 2016), was a British peer and politician of the Conservative Party. He was also a photographer and explorer of the paranormal. Baillie-Hamilton born in December 1941, was the second child and only son of

George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington (18 September 1894 – 17 April 1986), was a Scottish peer from 1917 to 1986. Life Haddington was the son of Brigadier-General George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning and Katherine Salting (d.19 ...

and Sarah ''née'' Cook (died 1995). He attended

Ampleforth College Ampleforth College is a co-educational Private schools in the United Kingdom, fee-charging boarding and day school in the English Public school (United Kingdom), public school tradition. It opened in 1803 as a boys' school. It is near the villa ...

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, and the

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. He worked as a photographer and published the magazine ''The Bird Table''. He also worked with the Lebanese Tourist Board and the Centre for Crop Circle Studies. In 1998, he founded the charitable organization Save Our Songbirds, now Songbird Survival. After his father's death in 1986, Baillie-Hamilton inherited the title of

Earl of Haddington Earl of Haddington is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1627 for the noted Scottish lawyer and judge Thomas Hamilton, 1st Earl of Melrose. He was Lord President of the Court of Session from 1616 to 1625. Hamilton had alread ...

, aged 44 years. Thus, he acquired the then-associated seat in the

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. This he lost due to the

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. He applied for an elected seat, but only came 91st place on his party list. Of these 42 seats were awarded. Baillie-Hamilton lived on the estate of

Mellerstain House Mellerstain House is a Scottish Estate houses in Scotland, country house around north of Kelso, Scottish Borders, Kelso in the Scottish Borders, Borders, Scotland. It is currently the home of George Baillie-Hamilton, 14th Earl of Haddington, a ...

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. On 19 April 1975, Baillie-Hamilton married Prudence Elizabeth Hayles. They divorced in 1981. He married again on 2 December 1984 to Jane Heyworth. The marriage produced three children, two daughters and a son: *George Edmund Baldred Baillie-Hamilton (b. 1985), who is now the 14th Earl of Haddington *Lady Susan Moyra Baillie-Hamilton (b. 1988) *Lady Isobel Joan Baillie-Hamilton (b. 1990)

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John John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second E ...

Hereditary peers removed under the House of Lords Act 1999