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James Baillie (1737 – 7 September 1793) was a British West Indies plantation owner and merchant, and a Member of the Great British Parliament from 1792 to 1793.〔http://www.spanglefish.com/slavesandhighlanders/index.asp?pageid=408235〕 Baillie, a descendant of William Wallace〔Sir William Baillie of Hoprig, 2nd Laird of Hoprig (1293–1357), married Wallace's only child Elizabeth of Lamington〕 and an ancestral nephew of John I de Balliol, was the second son of Hugh Baillie, of Dochfour, south of Inverness, by his wife (married 1730) Emilia, daughter of Alexander Fraser, 11th of Relig, Reelig or Rulick, Kirkhill, Inverness, by Catharine daughter of William Mackenzie of Sildoc. Hugh Baillie was son of Alexander Baillie by (married 1709) Hannah Fraser, of Relig. Alexander Baillie was son of David Baillie, 1st Laird of Dochfour, and second son of Alexander, 7th Laird of Dunain, from whom he inherited Dochfour, Easter and Wester Dochain in 1657, married secondly Margaret daughter of Hugh Fraser, 8th Lord Lovat. James Baillie's younger brother was Evan Baillie, of Dochfour, of Parliament, the West Indies and Bristol.〔 Baillie arrived in St. Christopher's (Saint Kitts) in 1755, and soon bought the ''Hermitage plantation'' in Grenada, undertook around 20 years of work, and in 1775 (?) returned to Great Britain and London. In 1772 James Baillie wrote : '() ''1755–71 I was employed in the line of planting and commerce in the islands of St Christopher and Grenada (Demerary )... and (1772 ) our house sold Negroes here to the amount of £120,000 sterling...''〔''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820'', ed. R. Thorne, 1986〕 At the time of the 1833 compensation claims Baillie's heirs were awarded c. £73,700 compensation for their c. 1,821 slaves in Grenada, Guyana and St. Lucia.〔〔Some of the Northbrook Plantation sale particulars, June 1794, from ESSEQUEBO EN DEMERARISCHE COURANT, (No. 31. ), ZONDAG Den 1 Juny 1794: ''By Order of the Trustees of James Baillie, Esq. deceased. To be Sold at Public Auction, at Mr. Stroud's Tavern, St. George's, Grenada, on Tuesday the first of July next, between the hours of Ten and Twelve in the Forenoon. That valuable Cotton Plantation on the East Sea Coast of Demerary, Called NORTH BROOK, Consisting of 500 Acres of Land, whereof 250 are planted with Prime Cotton Trees, 66 Acres in Plantains, and 28 Acres more empouldered, together with 147 Negroes, amongst which are several valuable Tradesmen: the whole forming a complete Gang, fully equal to the Cultivation of the whole of the Land, without any additional Strength. The Buildings are built of the very best Materials, mostly Country Wood, and in complete Repair. The Fertility of the Soil, and the Healthiness of the Situation are well known, and may be ascertained by Enquiry of Gentlemen acquainted with that Colony.''〕〔http://www.vc.id.au/edg/17940601edc.html〕 He was M.P. for Horsham, in Sussex, from 1792 for only 18 months. There he had seemed to have been beaten at the poll, and so before a petition gave him the seat, he had been appointed British agent to Grenada. One is not sure whether he took up that post or where he died.〔 But as Member for Horsham Baillie it is known that he spoke well in favour of the planters (plantation owners) in the slavery debate of 2 April 1792, against Wilberforce's ''wild, impracticable, and visionary scheme'' of abolition, adding that there was ''more wretchedness and poverty in the parish of St. Giles' than in the whole of the British colonies''.〔Senator, iv, 512, from ''The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790–1820'', ed. R. Thorne, 1986〕 He had his speech published.〔 In London Baillie lived in Bedford Square and Ealing Grove, the nine bays and three-storeyed pedimented central projection Palladian palace set in 64 acres, re-modeled for Joseph Gulston, the younger, the collector and MP. Ealing Grove had then been owned by 4th Duke of Marlborough (1775) and 5th Duke of Argyll before Baillie bought it in 1791. The 5th Earl of Oxford was the tenant between 1799–1802, and Baillie's heirs sold it in 1811, having had passed a Private Act of Parliament in 1805. By 1800 James Baillie's widow, Mrs. Baillie (Colina), was living at 12 Harley Street, Cavendish Square. ==Wife== He married, Grenada, 26 April 1772, Colina or Colin Campbell (1753-) one of the two surviving daughters, co-heiresses, of Colin Roy Campbell, of Glenure (c1708-1752), son of Patrick or John Campbell, 3rd or 4th of Barcaldine, Argyll (1677–1738), by Lucia or Lucy Cameron (1692-) of Loch Eil (Cameron of Locheil), Lochaber, Inverness-shire, daughter of Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel, 17th Chief of Clan Cameron (1629–1719), who Lord Macaulay termed the "Ulysses of the Highlands". Eight months before Colina's birth, on 14 May 1752, her father, Colin ''Redfox'' Campbell, was assassinated at Ballachulish, Lettermore, Argyll, by a member of the Stewart family. This the infamous Appin murder was the base of R. L. Stevenson's Kidnapped. Campbell was Hanoverian factor, or rent collector, for the forfeited estates of Stewart of Ardsheil in Argyllshire, Cameron of Callart, Mamore, and part of that of Cameron of Lochiel. Colina's mother was Janet Mackay (married 1749), daughter of Lt. Col. Hon. Hugh Mackay (son of 3rd Lord Reay), (married 1728) by Elizabeth Mackay, 6th of Bighouse, daughter of George Mackay of Bighouse, Strath Halladale, by Melvich, Sutherland. Colina's elder sister was Louisa Campbell, 8th or Portioner of Bighouse (1751–1835), painted by Henry Raeburn, who had married George Mackay of Handa (1736-) in 1768, and had: Janet Mackay (c 1768-15.3.1857). The present day Bighouse Lodge was built in 1765.〔http://www.bighouseestate.co.uk/page4.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「James Baillie (c. 1737–1793)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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