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.
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.
He served under Lord Derby as Under-Secretary of State for India from 1858 to 1859. In the early 1840s he was associated with the notorious "Young England" movement, of which Disraeli was the head 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. Baillie married firstly the Honourable Philippa Eliza Sydney Smythe, daughter of Percy Smythe, 6th Viscount Strangford, in 1840.
They had several children. Baillie died at the age of 82.
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In 1840 Baillie was elected Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire, and retained that seat until 1868. Another member of that group, George Smythe, was Baillie"s brother-in-law.