Henry Baillie

Colonel The Right Honourable Henry Baillie
Under-Secretary of State for India
In office 30 September 1858 – 11 June 1859
Monarch	Victoria
Prime Minister	The Earl of Derby
Preceded by	New office
Succeeded by	Thomas Baring
Personal details
Born	1803
Died	16 December 1885
Nationality	British
Political party	Conservative
Spouse(s)	(1) Hon. Philippa Eliza Sydney Smythe (d. 1854) (2) Clarissa Rush

Colonel Henry James Baillie PC (1803 – 16 December 1885), was a British Conservative politician. He served under Lord Derby as Under-Secretary of State for India from 1858 to 1859.

Background

Baillie was the son of Colonel Hugh Duncan Baillie, son of Evan Baillie. His mother was his father's first wife Elizabeth Reynett, daughter of Reverend Henry Reynett. Peter Baillie and James Evan Baillie were his uncles.^[1]

Political career

Baillie was a friend of Benjamin Disraeli, and in 1835 was actually called upon by Disraeli to serve as his second (after d'Orsay declined), when it appeared that Disraeli and Morgan O'Connell, the son of Daniel O'Connell, were going to fight a duel, which apparently did not actually occur.^[2] In 1840 Baillie was elected Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire, and retained that seat until 1868.^[3] In the early 1840s he was associated with the notorious "Young England" movement, of which Disraeli was the head. Another member of that group, George Smythe, was Baillie's brother-in-law. He apparently broke with Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws and accepted minor office in Lord Derby's 1852 government as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control. He again held office under Derby as Under-Secretary of State for India from 1858 to 1859. In 1866 he was sworn of the Privy Council.^[4]

Family

Baillie married firstly the Honourable Philippa Eliza Sydney Smythe, daughter of Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, in 1840. They had several children. After Philippa's death in June 1854 he married secondly Clarissa Rush, daughter of George Rush, in 1857. Baillie died at the age of 82.^[1]

References

1. thepeerage.com Rt. Hon. Colonel Henry James Baillie
2. Blake, Robert (1966). Disraeli. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-19-832903-2. OCLC 8047.
3. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "I" (part 1)
4. The London Gazette: no. 23149. p. 4451. 10 August 1866.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Baillie