Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington
FRSGS | |
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14th Governor of Bombay | |
In office 12 December 1903 – 27 July 1907 | |
Monarch | Edward VII |
Preceded by | The Lord Northcote |
Succeeded by | John Muir-Mackenzie |
8th Governor of Queensland | |
In office 9 April 1896 – 19 December 1901 | |
Monarchs | Victoria Edward VII |
Premier | Hugh Nelson Thomas Joseph Byrnes James Dickson Anderson Dawson Robert Philp |
Preceded by | Henry Wylie Norman |
Succeeded by | Herbert Chermside |
Member of Parliament for St Pancras North | |
In office July 1886 – 1890 | |
Preceded by | Thomas Henry Bolton |
Succeeded by | Thomas Henry Bolton |
Personal details | |
Born | Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie 31 July 1860 London, Middlesex, England |
Died | 16 September 1940 Lamington, Lanarkshire, Scotland | (aged 80)
Political party | Conservative |
Other political affiliations | Conservative and Liberal Unionist |
Spouse |
Mary Houghton Hozier
(m. 1895) |
Children | 2 |
Parent |
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Residence(s) | Lamington House, Lanarkshire, Scotland |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington,
Early life
Born in London, England, he was the only son of Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, 1st Baron Lamington. Charles was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford,[1] where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1883. In 1885, he became assistant private secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Lord Salisbury.[2]
Political career
Cochrane-Baillie was narrowly defeated in the
Upon the death of his father in 1890, he succeeded as the 2nd Baron Lamington.
On 13 June 1895, he married Mary Houghton Hozier at St Michael's Church, Pimlico;[1] they had two children, a son and a daughter.
In 1890, the British government sent Lord Lamington to travel between
Governorships
Cochrane-Baillie was in the Royal Company of Archers, as King's body guard for Scotland.[1] In October 1895, Lord Lamington was selected to replace Sir Henry Norman as Governor of Queensland. His tenure as Governor was from 9 April 1896 to 19 December 1901.[4] He was a very politically conservative governor, and expressed a concern that the Federation of Australia which took place during his tenure would lead to unrestrained socialism. He also worked with the first Premier of Queensland, Sir Samuel Griffith, to ensure that the role of state governors was not diminished after Federation.[2]
Apart from six months leave in England when he was appointed a
Later life
Lord Lamington was appointed captain of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry on 26 March 1902.[7]
In Spring 1919, he served as Commissioner of the British Relief Unit in
On 13 March 1940, he was one of four victims of a shooting at the Caxton Hall in London by Indian nationalist Udham Singh. Former lieutenant-governor of India, Michael O'Dwyer was killed instantly. O'Dwyer's predecessor in the role, Louis Dane, suffered a broken arm. Cochrane-Baillie and Lawrence Dundas, the former secretary of state for India, were slightly injured.[8][9]
He died at his family home, Lamington House, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 16 September 1940, aged 80.
Other roles and ranks (undated)
- President of the East India Association [5]
- President of the National Indian Association [5]
- President of the Middle East Association [5]
- President of the Indigent Moslems Burial Fund [5]
- President of the British Red Crescent Society [5]
- President of 'other organisations concerned with Eastern welfare and culture' [5]
- President of the Persia Society (forerunner of the Iran Society) (--1912--)[10]
- Vice President of the Royal Central Asian Society [11]
- Vice-President of the Royal Geographical Society of London [12]
- Chairman of the Committee of the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind (--1913--) [13]
- A Vice-President of the Trinity College of Music, London (--1913--) [13]
- Lieutenant-Colonel of the 6th Battalion, The Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) [5]
- Captain of the Royal Company of Archers (King's Bodyguard for Scotland) [5]
- Lieutenant-Colonel of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry [5]
Personal life
Lord Lamington married Mary Houghton Hozier, the youngest daughter of William Hozier, 1st Baron Newlands, on 13 June 1895. They had two children, a son Victor Alexander Brisbane William Cochrane-Baillie (1896–1951, godson of Queen Victoria[14] and in 1940 became the 3rd Baron Lamington) and a daughter Grisell Annabella Gem Cochrane-Baillie (1898–1985).
Lady Lamington's diary, her 'little pamphlet of memories',[4] held by the State Library of Queensland,[15] paints a detailed portrait of their life as public figures in the colonies.
Legacy
Lord Lamington is best known in Australia for allegedly giving his name to the
The Lamington Plateau and National Park in Queensland, Lamington Bridge in Maryborough, Queensland, Mount Lamington (a volcano in Papua New Guinea), and Lamington Road in Mumbai Lamington High School in Hubli were also named after him.
The Lady Lamington Hospital for Women and Lady Lamington Nurses Home are now part of Royal Brisbane Hospital Nurses' Homes.
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h (Hesilrige 1921, p. 536)
- ^ Melbourne University Press, 1983, pp. 653–654.
- ^ Hurlbut, George C. (1891). "Geographical Notes". Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York. 23: 419–420.
- ^ a b "The Spouses of the Governors of Queensland" (PDF). Government House. 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Obituary", The Times (London), 18 September 1940, p. 7.
- ^ David Merrick (2011). "Abdu'l-Baha in the UK, 1913 (Sohrab's Diary)" (PDF). p. 25 Dec 1912.
- ^ "No. 27419". The London Gazette. 25 March 1902. p. 2081.
- ^ "Sir Michael O'Dwyer Shot Dead". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow. 13 March 1940. p. 23.
- ^ "The Caxton Hall Tragedy". Glasgow Herald. Glasgow. 19 March 1940. p. 4.
- ^ E. G. Browne, The Literature of Persia (1912), inner page.
- ^ Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society, Vol. 27, Iss. 4, 1940.
- ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- ^ a b Post Office London, 1914, vol. 4 (Trades and Professional Directory), p. 1900 (pdf p. 528).
- ^ "Lady Lamington". Table Talk. 2 July 1903. p. 24.
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- ^ Shrimpton, James (6 October 2007). "Australia: The tale of Baron Lamington and an improvised cake". The New Zealand Herald. Archived from the original on 8 November 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2011.
Note and source
- ^ Lord Lamington read a paper on his visit to the Shan States on the Siam border. The paper dealt with his journey from Chieng Mai, in the Laos country, to Mung Phoong, in the Sibsong Pana ... A railway to the plain of Chieng Sen was, on Mr. Holt Hallett's showing, sure to be constructed some day, and then the prolongation of it into the rich district of the Sibsong Pana and Yunnan would rest in the hands of the British.
- Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. 160A, )