Charles Baillie-Hamilton (Bath MP): Difference between revisions

[[The Honourable]] '''Charles William Baillie-Hamilton''' (22 May 1900 -– 24 April 1939) was a British [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] politician.

In 1929 he won the constituency of [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]] in a by-election and held the seat with an increased majority in the general election which followed shortly afterwards. In May 1930 he made his maiden speech, on subsidies for the aircraft industry, and did not speak again.<ref>[httphttps://hansardapi.millbanksystemsparliament.comuk/historic-hansard/commons/1930/may/13/air-transport-subsidy-agreements-bill#S5CV0238P0_19300513_HOC_355 Maiden speech in Parliament]</ref> For the election of 1931, the Bath Conservatives rejected him as their candidate and forced him to stand down over his poor voting record and few visits to the constituency.<ref>'Bath Conservatives: Decision To Change Candidate', ''The Times'', 30 March 1931.</ref> In response, he produced a letter from the party's [[Chief Whip]] to show that he had voted in 22 out of 24 three-line whips, and stated that he had visited 37 times in the previous year.<ref>'Mr Baillie Hamilton, MP: Chief Conservative Whip's Letter', ''The Times'', 21 March 1931; 'Bath Conservatives: Mr. Baillie-Hamilton's Defence', ''The Times'', 16 May 1931.</ref>

In July 1929, Baillie-Hamilton married [[Wanda Holden]], daughter of financier Major Norman Holden OBE, son of the Liberal politician [[Sir Edward Holden, 1st Baronet|Sir Edward Holden]]. She was described in the press as 'one of the most admired [[débutante]]s of the last season', with a 'vivacious personality'.<ref>'MP's Romance: Engaged to Beautiful Debutante', ''Straits Times'' 20 May 1929.</ref> They were divorced in November 1932 in an uncontested claim of her adultery with the actor [[John Loder (actor)|John Loder]].<ref>News in Brief, ''The Times'', 21 November 1932.</ref> Baillie-Hamilton died in April 1939 at the age of 38 and was buried in [[Whitekirk and Tyninghame|Tynighame]], East Lothian, Scotland.<ref>Court Circular, ''The Times'', 28 April 1939.</ref>

| title = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Bath (UK Parliament constituency)|Bath]]

| years = [[1929 Bath by-election, 1929|1929]] – [[1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931|1931]]

| after = [[Loel Guinness (politician)|Thomas Loel Guinness]]

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