Rank Lieutenant colonel Died January 8, 1939 | Name Augustus Baillie | |
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Born 25 March 1861 ( 1861-03-25 ) Battles/wars Second Boer WarWorld War I Battles and wars | ||
Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Charles Baillie DSO (25 March 1861 – 8 January 1939) was one of the founders of Baillie Gifford, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment managers.
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Career
Brought up in Scotland, Baillie was initially commissioned into the Royal Horse Artillery in 1880 but resigned his commission in 1886.
Baillie rejoined the forces and fought in the Second Boer War, for which he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in November 1900. He was in command of the 15th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry until the war ended in May 1902, and left Port Elizabeth for Southampton on the SS Colombian two months later.
After the Second Boer War ended he was promoted to major in the Lovat Scouts Imperial Yeomanry in 1903.
In 1907 he co-founded the legal firm of Baillie Gifford WS which in 1909 formed and then acted as manager of The Scottish Mortgage and Trust Company Limited.
He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in 1908 but again resigned his commission in 1910.
In September 1914 following the outbreak of World War I he was appointed Commanding Officer of 2nd Lovat Scouts.
He died in 1939.
Family
In 1905 he married Meta Trotter and together they went on to have one son and one daughter.