Lieutenant-General Duncan James Baillie DL JP (18 October 1826 — 27 July 1890) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Duncan James Baillie | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 October 1826 Marylebone, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 July 1890 (aged 63) Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Alfred Baillie (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| 1850 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 October 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The son of the Scot Colonel Hugh Duncan Baillie of Redcastle, he was born at Marylebone in October 1826 and was educated at Eton College.[1] He was commissioned into the Royal Horse Guards when he purchased the rank of cornet in February 1845,[2] with Baillie later purchasing the rank of lieutenant in September 1847.[3] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Fenner's in 1850.[4] Playing alongside his brother Alfred in the MCC side, he was dismissed in their first innings for 8 runs by David Buchanan, while in their second innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 4 runs.[5] In April 1854, he purchased the rank of captain,[6] later purchasing the rank of major in June 1866.[7] In December of the same year he purchased the rank of lieutenant colonel,[8] with promotion to colonel under the provisions of the Royal Warrant following in June 1871.[9] Baillie retired from active service in December 1875 and was placed on the half-pay list.[10] He was made a lieutenant-general in March 1882.[11] Baillie was a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the County of Nairnshire.[1] He died at Nairn in July 1890. Baillie was married to Anne Glentworth Burnaby in 1862, with whom he had eleven children.[12][13] His eldest son Ronald Hugh Baillie became an advocate in the Scottish courts and followed his father to become a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant in Nairnshire and married the daughter of the Lord Lieutenant of Nairn, James Rose, 23rd of Kilravock.[14]
References edit
- ^ a b Eton College Register 1841–1850. Eton: Spottiswoode & Co. 1903. p. 27.
- ^ "No. 20449". The London Gazette. 28 February 1845. p. 678.
- ^ "No. 20777". The London Gazette. 28 September 1847. p. 3443.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Duncan Baillie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1850". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "No. 21545". The London Gazette. 21 April 1854. p. 1253.
- ^ "No. 23123". The London Gazette. 5 June 1866. p. 3311.
- ^ "No. 23195". The London Gazette. 7 December 1866. p. 6824.
- ^ "No. 23750". The London Gazette. 27 June 1871. p. 2944.
- ^ "No. 24244". The London Gazette. 10 September 1875. p. 4451.
- ^ "No. 25090". The London Gazette. 31 March 1882. p. 1471.
- ^ "Lt.-Gen. Duncan James Baillie". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ Deaths. Northern Chronicle and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland. 30 July 1890. p. 8
- ^ Walford, Edward (1 January 1860). The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Dalcassian Publishing Company. p. 55.