Evan Baillie

Evan Baillie of Dochfour, partner in the trading house of Alexander, James and Evan Baillie.

Born in Scotland c. 1741, the 3rd son of Hugh Baillie of Dochfour and his wife Emilia née Fraser. By the 1780s he was established in the West India trade in Bristol and became sheriff of Bristol 1786-1787. He inherited estates in the north of Scotland on the death of his older brother Alexander in 1798. He also served as an alderman of Bristol 1802-1812 and Whig MP for Bristol 1802-1812.

His sons Hugh Duncan Baillie and James Evan Baillie (both q.v.) continued the business after Evan Baillie retired to his Scottish estates in the 1810s and became MPs as well. His son Peter Baillie (who predeceased him) was MP for Inverness 1807-1811.

T71/885 British Guiana claim no. 629 (Peter Hall); T71/880 Grenada claim no. 701 (Hermitage); T71/882 Nevis claim nos. 5 (Low Ground), 15 (Mont Pellier), 16 (Mont Pellier), 17 (Saddle Hill), 18 (Cox Heath) and 35 (Clay Gut). These Nevis claims rose from expenses and outlays in his role as trustee and executor for the estates of John Richardson Herbert.

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/baillie-evan-1741-1835 [accessed 10/07/2012].

http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/baillie-peter-1771-1811 [accessed 10/07/2012].