George Baillie (1663 - 1738)

Born 1663 in Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Grizel (Hume) Baillie — married 17 Sep 1691 in Redbraes, Berwickshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 5 Aug 1738 at about age 75 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

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Biography

George was born in 1663. Proceeds to Holland after his father's execution; returns with Prince of Orange, 1688, and obtains restoration of family estates of Jarviswood or Jerviswood and Mellerstain. when he died his wife said of him "the best of husbands and the delight of my life for 48 years"^[1].

He died in 1738 in Oxford, where his grandsons were students in the University.

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

Burgess, Edinburgh 1692, Canongate 1693, Dumbarton 1697.2

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. His membership of the Privy Council (PC) gives him the title Right Honourable".

Dir. Co. of Scotland 1696, Bank of Scotland 1699; extraord. dir. R. Bank of Scotland 1727–-30.3

Sources

1. ↑ Lesley Abernethy, "Lady Grisell Baillie, Mistress of Mellerstain", Matador, England, 2020"

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