Elected for Thirsk in 1851 on a platform of 'Protectionist, Protestant, and moderate Conservative principles’. He remained as MP until 1880.
His Protestant sympathies meant that he opposed the removal of Jewish disabilities, 1853, the Maynooth grant, 1857, the abolition of church rates, 1862, and opposed Gladstone's Irish policies on the Irish church in 1869. He was also opposed to radical Parliamentary Reform, supporting the Conservative Derby ministry’s Reform Bill in 1859 but also supporting Robert Lowe's unsuccessful attempt in 1867 to improve minority representation. His major, sustained, interest was in metropolitan improvement.
See the entry (forthcoming) by Katherine Rix in the History of Parliament, 1832-1868.
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Thirsk Yorkshire1851 - 1880
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1781 - 14th Jun 1863
Member of the Baillie of Dochfour family. London and Bristol merchant and banker (Baillie, Ames & Baillie), major recipient of slave compensation across the Caribbean.
Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.
