Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Ross Cochrane Baillie , only son. Who Was Who in British India: BAILLIE, Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Ross Cochrane, 2nd Baron Lamington Governor of Bombay; born 29 July 1860 in London; s of Alexander Dundas Ross Wishart Cochrane Baillie, 1st Baron Lamington and Annabella Mary Elizabeth Drummond; m. 1895, Mary Haughton Hozier, one s one d. Educ: Eton; Christ Church, Oxford. 1885 served as Asst Private Sec. to Lord Salisbury, Prime Minister. 1886-90 selected MP(C) for North St Pancras; 1890-91 made sporting trip to Siam and Tongking; 1895-1901 became Gov., Queensland; 1903-07 appointed Governor Bombay; 1914-19 War recruited for the army and in 1919 was Comr. of British Relief Syria; 13 Mar 1940 was attending Royal central Asian Society meeting at Caxton Hall where Sir Michael O'Dwyer was assassinated and himself wounded. Honours: GCMG, GCIE, FRGS. Died 16 Sep 1940 at Lamington House, Lanarkshire.
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