Henry Baillie

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Henry James Baillie (1803–16 December 1885) was a British Conservative politician.

Baillie was a friend of Benjamin Disraeli, and in 1835 was actually called upon by Disraeli to serve as his second (after d'Orsay declined), when it appeared that Disraeli and Morgan O'Connell, the son of Daniel O'Connell, were going to fight a duel, which apparently did not actually occur.

In 1840 Baillie was elected as a Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire, and retained that seat until 1868. In the early 1840s he was associated with the notorious "Young England" movement, of which Disraeli was the head. Another member of that group, George Smythe, was Baillie's brother-in-law. He apparently broke with Sir Robert Peel over the Corn Laws and accepted minor office in Lord Derby's 1852 government as Joint Secretary to the Board of Control.

He died at the age of 82.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Francis William Grant	Member of Parliament for Inverness-shire 1840–1868	Succeeded by Donald Cameron
Political offices
Preceded by James Wilson John Elliot	Joint Secretary of the Board of Control with Charles Bruce 1852	Succeeded by Robert Lowe Thomas Redington
Preceded by New Position	Under-Secretary of State for India 1858–1859	Succeeded by Earl Northbrook