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Duncan James Baillie (18 October 1826 — 27 July 1890) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and

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officer. The son of the

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Colonel

Hugh Duncan Baillie Hugh Duncan Baillie (31 May 1777 – 21 June 1866) was a British Army officer and politician who served as the Lord Lieutenant of Ross-shire from 1843 to 1866. Early life He was the second son of Evan Baillie of Dochfour, a prosperous Scottish ...

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, he was born at

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in October 1826 and was educated at

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. He was commissioned into the

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when he purchased the rank of

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in February 1845, with Baillie later purchasing the rank of

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in September 1847. He played

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for the

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(MCC) against

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in 1850. Playing alongside his brother

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in the MCC side, he was dismissed in their first innings for 8 runs by David Buchanan, while in their second innings he was dismissed by the same bowler for 4 runs. In April 1854, he purchased the rank of

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, later purchasing the rank of

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in June 1866. In December of the same year he purchased the rank of lieutenant colonel, with promotion to

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under the provisions of the Royal Warrant following in June 1871. Baillie retired from active service in December 1875 and was placed on the

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list. He was made a

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in March 1882. Baillie was a deputy lieutenant and justice of the peace for the County of Nairnshire. He died at

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in July 1890. Baillie was married to Anne Glentworth Burnaby in 1862, with whom he had eleven children. His eldest son Ronald Hugh Baillie became an

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in the Scottish courts and followed his father to become a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant in Nairnshire and married the daughter of the Lord Lieutenant of Nairn,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baillie, Duncan 1826 births 1890 deaths Cricketers from the City of Westminster People from Marylebone People educated at Eton College Royal Horse Guards officers Scottish cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers British Army lieutenant generals Deputy lieutenants of Nairn Scottish justices of the peace Military personnel from the City of Westminster Anglo-Scots 19th-century British Army personnel