Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington
Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington , GCMG , GCIE (born July 29, 1860 in London , † September 16, 1940 in Lamington House , Lanarkshire ) was a British politician, colonial administrator and Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901 and Governor of Bombay from 1903 to 1907.
Life
Cochrane-Baillie was born in London, the only son of Alexander Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie, 1st Baron Lamington . He attended Eton College and Christ Church College of Oxford University , where he earned a 1883 Bachelor of Arts acquired. In 1885 he became Assistant Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom , Lord Salisbury . From 1886 to 1890 he was a member of the House of Commons as a member of the Conservative Party ..
After his father's death in 1890, he inherited his title Baron Lamington and became a member of the House of Lords .
On June 13, 1895, he married Mary Houghton Hozier. The couple had two children.
In October 1895, Lord Lamington was chosen to replace Sir Henry Norman as Governor of Queensland . He took up this office on April 9, 1896. His tenure was characterized by his very conservative politics.
On his return to the United Kingdom, Cochrane-Baillie lived at his family's ancestral home, Lamington House, in Lanarkshire , Scotland , where he died on December 16, 1940 at the age of 80.
Others
In the English-speaking world, his name is known for the dessert named after him, the lamington .
In addition, the Lamington Plateau and National Park in Queensland , the Lamington Bridge in Maryborough (Queensland) , the Mount Lamington (a volcano in Papua New Guinea ) and the Lamington Road in Mumbai were named after him.
Individual evidence
- ^ RB Joyce, 'Lamington, second Baron ( 1860-1940 )' , Australian Dictionary of Biography , Volume 9, Melbourne University Press , 1983, pp 653-654.
- ↑ Shrimpton, James: Australia: The tale of Baron Lamington and an improvised cake , New Zealand Herald , 6 October 2007.
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Alexander Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie |
Baron Lamington 1890-1940 |
Victor Cochrane-Baillie |
Bowen | Blackall | 2. Marquess of Normanby | Cairns | Kennedy | Musgrave | Norman | 2nd Baron Lamington (1896-1901) | Chermside | 3rd Baron Chelmsford | MacGregor | Goold-Adams | Nathan | Goodwin | Wilson | Lavarack | Smith | Mansfield | Hannah | Ramsay | Campbell | Forde | Arnison | Bryce | Wensley | de Jersey
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| SURNAME | Cochrane-Baillie, Charles, 2nd Baron Lamington |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cochrane-Baillie, Charles Wallace Alexander Napier, 2nd Baron Lamington (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, Member of the House of Commons, Governor of Queensland and Governor of Bombay |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1860 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 16, 1940 |
| Place of death | Lamington House, Lanarkshire , Scotland , |