Sir William Baillie of Polkemmet, 2nd Baronet, DL (2 February 1816 – 21 July 1890) was a Scottish oarsman and

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politician who sat in the

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between 1845 and 1847.

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, he was the eldest son of Sir William Baillie, 1st Baronet and his wife Mary Lyon Dennistoun, the youngest daughter of

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. Baillie was educated at

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and then at

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, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1836. While at Oxford, he rowed in the

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eight in the second

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which was held in 1836, when Cambridge won. He was also a part of the Head of the River crew at Oxford with his college boat, Christ Church. Baillie served as captain in the Midlothian Yeomanry Cavalry, and was Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the

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from 1866 to 1884. In 1845 he was elected Member of Parliament for

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, sitting for the next two years. Baillie was a Deputy Lieutenant of Linlithgowshire from 1850 and was a Justice of the Peace. In 1878 he was the honorary commander of the City Artillery Volunteer Corps based at 27

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.Grant's Old and New Edinburgh vol.2 p.283

Family

On 14 April 1846, Baillie married Mary Stewart, the eldest daughter of Stair Hathorn Stewart. In 1854, he succeeded his father as baronet, and when Baillie died childless in 1890, he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his nephew George.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baillie, William 1816 births 1890 deaths Nobility from West Lothian People educated at Eton College Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 302 Deputy lieutenants of Linlithgowshire

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