BAILLIE, George (1664-1738), of Jerviswood, Lanark. and Mellerstain, Berwicks.

Family and Education

b. 16 Mar. 1664, 1st s. of Robert Baillie of Jerviswood by Rachel, da. of Sir Archibald Johnston of Warriston, Edinburgh, Ld. Warriston SCJ and in Cromwellian Parl., sis. of James Johnston*. educ. Franeker 1682. m. 17 Sept. 1691, Grisell (d. 1746), da. of Sir Patrick Hume, 1st Earl of Marchmont [S], 1s. 2da. suc. fa. 1684, to estates 28 June 1690. Hist. Scot. Parl. 30; Album Studiosorum Academiae Franekerensis, 229; Scot. Hist. Soc. ser. 3, xlvii. 217–90.

Offices Held

MP [S] Berwickshire 1691–1701, Lanarkshire 1702–7.

Burgess, Edinburgh 1692, Canongate 1693, Dumbarton 1697. Scot. Rec. Soc. lix. 41; lxxxiii. 8; lxxiii. 10.

Receiver gen. [S] 1693–1701; treasurer depute [S] 1704–5; PC [S] 1704, 1707; commr. treasury [S] 1704–7, exchequer [S] 1707, Equivalent [S] 1707–9; ld. of Trade 1710–12, of Admiralty 1714–17, of Treasury 1717–25.

Dir. Co. of Scotland 1696, Bank of Scotland 1699; extraord. dir. R. Bank of Scotland 1727–30. C. A. Malcolm, Bank of Scotland, 293; info. from Dr P. W. J. Riley on members of Scot. parl.; N. Munro, Hist. R. Bank of Scotland, 405.

Parlimentarian

BAILLIE, George (1664-1738), of Jerviswood, Lanark.

Main residences: Jerviswood, Lanark; Mellerstain, Berwicks.

Author

D.W.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

BAILLIE, George (1664-1738)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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