Background
BAILLIE, Augustus Charles was born on March 25, 1861. 2nd son of late Evan P. Montagu Baillie.
BAILLIE, Augustus Charles was born on March 25, 1861. 2nd son of late Evan P. Montagu Baillie.
Marlborough.
Brought up in Scotland, Baillie was initially commissioned into the Royal Horse Artillery in 1880 but resigned his commission in 1886. After the Second Boer War ended he was promoted to Major in the Imperial Yeomanry in 1903. In 1907 he co-founded the legal firm of Baillie Gifford WS which in 1909 formed and then acted as manager of The Scottish Mortgage and Trust Company Limited.
He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1908 but again resigned his commission in 1910.
In September 1914 following the outbreak of World War I he was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Lovat Scouts. He died in 1939.
Spouse 1905, Meta, o.daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Trotter, Knight Grand Cross of Royal Victorian Order