Gawaine Baillie
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Sir Gawaine George Hope Baillie, 7th Baronet (8 March 1934 – 21 December 2003) was a British amateur motor
Early life
Sir Gawaine was raised at Leeds Castle, the ancient fortress in Kent that his mother Lady Baillie (née Olive Cecilia Paget), a Whitney heiress, had bought with her sister Dorothy Paget in 1928.[3] At age five, after World War II broke out, Baillie went to live with his American cousins, the Whitney family. Soon after returning to England, his father (Sir Adrian Baillie, 6th Baronet) died on 8 January 1947,[4] and he succeeded to the family title, becoming 7th Baronet of Polkemmet, Linlithgowshire.[5]
Following education at Sandroyd School, Eton and Cambridge,[citation needed] he created HPC Engineering in 1959,[3] a company which specialises in sub-contract manufacturing for the automotive, aerospace, computer, defence, medical and machine tool industries. He served as chairman and managing director of the company for the rest of his life. He was also an amateur race car driver, competing in numerous championships against Stirling Moss, Mike Hawthorn and Jackie Stewart.[6] After retiring from motor racing, he returned to his boyhood hobby of collecting stamps.[3]
Racing career
Sir Gawaine's driving career began in 1956, when he first started racing a Lotus Eleven sports car. By 1958, he became a member of the Equipe Endeavour team, earning several wins in a Jaguar Mark 1 including the John Davy Trophy at Brands Hatch as part of the inaugural British Saloon Car Championship season. By 1960, Sir Gawaine had purchased a Lotus Elite and entered several rounds of the World Sportscar Championship, including his first attempt at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.[4]
In 1961, Sir Gawaine entered the
After Sir Gawaine's Australian tour with the Galaxie, he purchased a Ford Mustang for the 1965 British Saloon Car Championship, he finished second in the class championship behind his teammate Roy Pierpoint. In 1966 he finished first in class[7] with a Ford Falcon which benefited from his expertise in supercharging.[1] By 1967 Sir Gawaine had retired from racing.
Stamp collecting
Sir Gawaine's goal in stamp collecting was to build a comprehensive collection of
Personal life
In 1966, he married Margot Beaubien,[4] the daughter of Senator Louis-Philippe Beaubien of Montreal. They had a daughter, Liza (born 1969), and a son, Adrian (born 1973), who upon his father's death became Sir Adrian Louis Baillie, 8th Baronet.[1]
Racing record
Complete British Saloon Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)
Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Pts | Class |
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1958
|
Equipe Endeavour | Jaguar 3.4-Litre
|
D | BRH 2† |
BRH 2‡ |
MAL 1† |
BRH 2† |
BRH 2† |
CRY 2 |
BRH 2 |
BRH | BRH | ? | ? | ? | ||
1959
|
Equipe Endeavour | Jaguar 3.4-Litre
|
D | GOO 3 |
AIN 3 |
SIL 3 |
GOO 2 |
SNE 1 |
BRH 1† |
BRH 2† |
? | ? | ? | ||||
1960
|
Gawaine Baillie | Jaguar Mk II 3.8
|
+1600cc | BRH | SNE 1* |
MAL | BRH 3* |
BRH | BRH | NC* | 0* | ||||||
Lotus Elite | GT -1600cc | OUL 2* |
SNE
|
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1961
|
Gawaine Baillie | Jaguar Mk II 3.8
|
D | SNE 1 |
GOO 4 |
AIN 5 |
SIL ? |
CRY 3 |
SIL DNS |
BRH 5 |
OUL | SNE ? |
15th | 14 | 5th | ||
1962
|
Gawaine Baillie | Jaguar Mk II 3.8
|
D | SNE 5 |
GOO 5 |
AIN 6 |
SIL | CRY 3 |
AIN 3 |
BRH 4 |
OUL | 16th | 10 | 5th | |||
1963
|
John Willment Automobiles | Ford Cortina GT
|
B | SNE
|
OUL | GOO | AIN ? |
25th | 8 | NC | |||||||
Ford Galaxie | D | SIL ? |
CRY 4† |
SIL 2 |
BRH Ret |
BRH | OUL | SNE
|
9th | ||||||||
1964 | Gawaine Baillie | Ford Galaxie | D | SNE 3 |
GOO DNS |
OUL 2 |
AIN 2 |
SIL 4 |
CRY 5† |
BRH 4 |
OUL | 5th | 24 | 2nd | |||
1965 | Gawaine Baillie | Ford Mustang | D | BRH 5 |
OUL 2 |
SNE 3 |
GOO 7 |
SIL 2 |
CRY 5† |
BRH 5 |
OUL Ret |
6th | 32 | 2nd | |||
1966 | Gawaine Baillie | Ford Falcon Sprint
|
D | SNE 4 |
GOO ? |
SIL 2 |
CRY 4† |
BRH 3 |
BRH Ret |
OUL 2 |
BRH 3 |
5th | 34 | 1st | |||
Source:[8]
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† Events with 2 races staged for the different classes.
‡ Event with 3 races staged for the different classes.
- Car over 1000cc - Not eligible for points.
References
- ^ a b c "Sir Gawaine Baillie, Bt". The Daily Telegraph. London. 2 January 2004. Archived from the original on 18 September 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
- ^ Adams, Susan (14 September 2004). "Lots of Stamps". What's Hot Now. Forbes. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
- ^ a b c d e "Stamp collection raises millions". BBC News. 1 October 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "The Philatelic Collection formed by Sir Gawaine Baillie, Bt". News Stories. Worldcollectorsnet.com. 25 September 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2017.
- ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "The Seventh Sale of Stamps from the Collection of Sir Gawaine Baillie" (PDF). Press release. Sotheby's. 1 February 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Sir Gawaine Baillie". Motor Sport magazine archive. February 2004. p. 16. Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ de Jong, Frank. "British Saloon Car Championship". History of Touring Car Racing 1952-1993. Retrieved 4 November 2022.