Duncan Baillie

Lieutenant-General Duncan James Baillie DL JP (18 October 1826 — 27 July 1890) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Duncan Baillie
Personal information
Full name
Duncan James Baillie
Born18 October 1826
Marylebone, Middlesex, England
Died27 July 1890(1890-07-27) (aged 63)
Nairn, Nairnshire, Scotland
BattingUnknown
RelationsAlfred Baillie (brother)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1850Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 12
Batting average 6.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 8
Catches/stumpings –/–
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

  1. Eton College Register 1841–1850. Eton: Spottiswoode & Co. 1903. p. 27.
  2. "No. 20449". The London Gazette. 28 February 1845. p. 678.
  3. "No. 20777". The London Gazette. 28 September 1847. p. 3443.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Duncan Baillie". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  5. "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1850". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  6. "No. 21545". The London Gazette. 21 April 1854. p. 1253.
  7. "No. 23123". The London Gazette. 5 June 1866. p. 3311.
  8. "No. 23195". The London Gazette. 7 December 1866. p. 6824.
  9. "No. 23750". The London Gazette. 27 June 1871. p. 2944.
  10. "No. 24244". The London Gazette. 10 September 1875. p. 4451.
  11. "No. 25090". The London Gazette. 31 March 1882. p. 1471.
  12. "Lt.-Gen. Duncan James Baillie". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
  13. Deaths. Northern Chronicle and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland. 30 July 1890. p. 8
  14. 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.
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