Background
Baillieu was born in Marylebone, the son of Edward Latham Baillieu and his wife Betty Anne Jardine Taylor. He was the grandson of Clive Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu.
Baillieu was born in Marylebone, the son of Edward Latham Baillieu and his wife Betty Anne Jardine Taylor. He was the grandson of Clive Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu.
He was educated at Radley College and at Jesus College, Cambridge.
He was the first chairman of British Swimming, from 2001 to 2008. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln"s Inn in 1976. Baillieu rowed in the winning Cambridge boat in the Boat Races in 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973.
In 1980, Baillieu and Clark finished fourth in the Double Sculls, rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.