John Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington

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John George Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington ( December 21, 1941 - July 5, 2016 ) was a British peer and politician of the Conservative Party .

Life

Baillie-Hamilton was born in December 1941 to George Baillie-Hamilton, 12th Earl of Haddington , and Sarah Cook († 1995), the younger of two children. He was the only son. He attended Ampleforth College , Trinity College in Dublin and the Royal Agricultural College . He worked as a photographer . He became editor of the Bird Table . He also worked for the Lebanese Tourist Board and the Patron Center for Crop Circle Studies.

After his father's death in 1986, Baillie-Hamilton inherited the title of Earl of Haddington at the age of 45. This also gave him the seat in the House of Lords associated with it . He lost this through the House of Lords Act 1999 . He ran for one of the remaining seats, but only finished 91st place in his party. 42 seats were awarded for these.

Baillie-Hamilton lived on the Mellerstain House estate in Berwickshire . The Hereditary Peerage Association he does not belong to.

family

On April 19, 1975, Baillie-Hamilton and Prudence married Elizabeth Hayles. That marriage ended in divorce in 1981. The second marriage to Susan Heyworth on December 2, 1984 resulted in three children, two daughters and one son.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HADDINGTON
  2. ↑ a b c d John George Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington on thepeerage.com , accessed September 18, 2016.
  3. ↑ House of Lords Act: Hereditary Peers Elections website Election Demon , accessed January 27, 2014
  4. ↑ MEMBERSHIP LIST Hereditary Peerage Association publication ; accessed on February 27, 2014
predecessor Office successor
George Baillie-Hamilton Earl of Haddington
1986-2016 		George Baillie-Hamilton
personal data
SURNAME Baillie-Hamilton, John, 13th Earl of Haddington
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baillie-Hamilton, John George, 13th Earl of Haddington (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British peer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH December 21, 1941
DATE OF DEATH 5th july 2016