James Evan Bruce Baillie, MVO, JP, DL (1859 – 6 May 1931) was Unionist MP for

Inverness-shire Inverness-shire () or the County of Inverness, is a Counties of Scotland, historic county in Scotland. It is named after Inverness, its largest settlement, which was also the county town. Covering much of the Scottish Highlands, Highlands and s ...

. He was elected at a by-election in 1895, was re-elected in the general election later that year, but stood down in 1900 Baillie was the son of Evan Peter Montagu Baillie and Lady Frances Anna Bruce, daughter of the 7th Earl of Elgin. He married in 1894 The Hon. Nellie Lisa Bass, later 2nd Baroness Burton ''suo jure'', daughter of the brewer

Michael Bass, 1st Baron Burton Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baron Burton, (12 November 1837 – 1 February 1909), known as Sir Michael Arthur Bass, 1st Baronet, from 1882 to 1886, was a British brewer, Liberal politician and philanthropist. He sat in the House of Commons from ...

. They had two sons. His grandson was

Michael Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton Michael Evan Victor Baillie, 3rd Baron Burton Deputy Lieutenant, DL (27 June 192430 May 2013) was a British peer. The son of George Evan Michael Baillie and Maud Louisa Emma Cavendish, he was a maternal grandson of the Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke ...

. Baillie was major and honorary colonel of the Inverness-shire Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force), having previously been a captain in the 3rd Battalion,

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. He owned 92,000 acres.

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* 1859 births 1931 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies UK MPs 1892–1895 UK MPs 1895–1900 Scottish justices of the peace Scottish Tory MPs (pre-1912) 20th-century Scottish landowners Members of the Royal Victorian Order Deputy lieutenants in Scotland Royal Northumberland Fusiliers officers Royal Horse Artillery officers 19th-century Scottish landowners

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