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The '''Baillie baronetcy''', {{visible anchor|of [[Polkemmet Country Park|Polkemmet]]}} in the [[County of Linlithgow]], was created in the [[Baronetage of the United Kingdom]] on 14 November 1823 for William Baillie.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=17962 |date=30 September 1823 |page=1615}}</ref> He was the son of [[William Baillie, Lord Polkemmet]], a [[Lord of Session]].<ref name="Foster">{{cite book |last1=Foster |first1=Joseph |title=The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire |date=1883 |publisher=Nichols and Sons |location=Westminster |pages=22–23 |url=https://archive.org/details/peeragebaronetag02fost/page/22/mode/1up}}</ref> The family seat was [[Polkemmet Country Park|Polkemmet House]] near [[Whitburn, West Lothian]].

The 2nd Baronet sat as [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] Member of Parliament for [[Linlithgowshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Linlithgowshire]]. He was childless and was succeeded by his nephew, the 3rd Baronet. He emigrated to Australia and was a [[justice of the peace]] for [[New South Wales]] and [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. He died unmarried at an early age and was succeeded by his younger brother, the 4th Baronet. His second son, the 6th Baronet, who succeeded his elder brother who was killed in the [[First World War]], was Conservative Member of Parliament for Linlithgowshire and [[Tonbridge (UK Parliament constituency)|Tonbridge]]. His wife was [[Olive, Lady Baillie]]. 

As of {{currentyear}} the title is held by the 8th Baronet, who succeeded his father in 2003.

== Baillie baronets, of Polkemmet (1823) ==
*[[Sir William Baillie, 1st Baronet]] (1784–1854)<ref name="Foster"/><ref name="Burke">{{cite book|last=Burke|first=Bernard|authorlink=Bernard Burke|editor=Ashworth P. Burke|title=A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage|edition=65th|year=1903|publisher=Harrison and Sons|location=London|page=93}}</ref>
*[[Sir William Baillie, 2nd Baronet]] (1816–1890)<ref name="Foster"/><ref name="Burke"/><ref>{{alox2|title=Baillie, Sir William, Bart.}}</ref>
*[[Sir George Baillie, 3rd Baronet]] (1856–1896)<ref name="Burke"/>
*[[Sir Robert Alexander Baillie, 4th Baronet]] (1859–1907)<ref name="Burke"/><ref>{{Who's Who|title=Baillie, Sir Robert Alexander|id=U183403}}</ref>
*[[Sir Gawaine George Stuart Baillie, 5th Baronet]] (1893–1914)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Baillie, Sir Gawaine George Stuart|id=U183401}}</ref>
*[[Sir Adrian Baillie, 6th Baronet|Sir Adrian William Maxwell Baillie, 6th Baronet]] (1898–1947)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Baillie, Sir Adrian William Maxwell|id=U222140}}</ref>
*[[Sir Gawaine Baillie, 7th Baronet|Sir Gawaine George Hope Baillie, 7th Baronet]] (1934–2003)<ref>{{Who's Who|title=Baillie, Sir Gawaine George Hope|id=U6169}}</ref>
*[[Sir Adrian Louis Baillie, 8th Baronet]] (b. 1973)<ref name="WW8">{{Who's Who|title=Baillie, Sir Adrian (Louis)|id=U44512}}</ref>

There is no heir to the title.<ref name="WW8"/>

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[[Category:Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom]]