Albert Baillie

The Very Rev. Albert Victor Baillie KCVO, DD (1864–1955) was a Church of England clergyman during the first half of the 20th century, finishing his career as Dean of Windsor.

Born on 5 August 1864 [1] and educated at Wixenford,[2] Marlborough[3] and Trinity College, Cambridge,[4] Baillie was ordained in 1888,[5] he began his ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at St Paul’s, Walworth.[6] Following this he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester, then Rural Dean of Rugby and Vicar of St Michael, Coventry before a 27 year stint as Dean of Windsor. He died on 3 November 1955 at Baldock in Hertfordshire.[7]

References

  1. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. Albert Victor Baillie, My First Eighty Years (1951), p. 24
  3. "Very Rev. Albert Victor Baillie". The Peerage. 16 May 2006.
  4. "Baillie, Albert Victor (BLY883AV)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. Ordinations. Canterbury. (Official Appointments and Notices)The Times Wednesday, Jun 19, 1889; pg. 6; Issue 32729; col E
  6. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  7. The Times, Friday, Nov 04, 1955; pg. 11; Issue 53369; col A The Rev. A. V. Baillie Dean Of Windsor For 27 Years
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Philip Frank Eliot
Dean of Windsor
1917–1944
Succeeded by
Eric Knightley Chetwode Hamilton