Background
Haddington was the son of Brigadier-General George Baillie-Hamilton, Lord Binning.
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George Baillie
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Eton College; Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
In the Second World War he was a Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. He was Lord Lieutenant of Berwickshire from 1952 to 1969. In 1957 he became the first president of the Georgian Group of Edinburgh, later the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland. He fought in the First World War, as a Captain in the service of the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys), where he was wounded.
He went on to gain the rank of Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
And Major in the 19th Lothians and Border Horse Armoured Carolina Company Territorial Army, as well as Captain of the Royal Company of Archers. The Earl was a Representative Peer of Scotland between 1922 and 1958.
He was Deputy Lieutenant (Doctor of Laws) of East Lothian 1929-1946, Vice-Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian 1946-1952, and Lord-Lieutenant of East Lothian 1952-1970. He also served as a Justice of the Peace (Justice of the Peace) in East Lothian and Berwickshire.
He was invested as a Knight, Order of the Thistle in 1952.
He was awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of Law (LL Doctorate) by Glasgow University in 1957.
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April 17, 1986 (aged 91) -
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United Kingdom