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Evan Baillie

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Evan Baillie (1741 – 28 June 1835) was a slave-trader, merchant and landowner in the West Indies. He was a Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1802 to 1812.

Baillie was the third son of Hugh Baillie of Dochfour, Inverness and his wife Emilia Fraser, the daughter of Alexander Fraser.

He founded what became the firm of Evan Baillie, Son & Co in Bristol, and was a common councilman for Bristol in 1785. He was sheriff of Bristol for 1786–87 but declined becoming mayor. In 1789 he was member of a committee of merchants to defend the slave trade, in all branches of which he had from time to time invested and financed.

Baillie retired to Scotland and left the business operations to his sons. He was reputed to be one of the wealthiest commoners in Britain and his sons were among the largest recipients of compensation following emancipation.

His wife Mary Gurley was the daughter of Peter Gurley of St. Vincent. Their sons Peter Baillie, Hugh Duncan Baillie and James Evan Baillie all became members of parliament. Baillie's brother James Baillie was also an MP and West Indies merchant.

The above information is heavily condensed from the Wikipedia entry.

Evan Baillie was a partner and one of the two principal creditors in Mackintosh, Grant and Co Inverness hemp manufacturers.[1]

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] 'Evan Baillie', Legacies of British Slavery database, UCL,accessed 16th May 2023