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.2S.ix.jrn.Y30.mM NOTES AND QUERIES. 83 3. Robert Dickson, married Emily Hanna dau. of Hamia by his wife MacMillan.

4. John Dickson, married and had several children.

5. Alexander Dickson, went to Australia.

6. Joseph Dickson.

My correspondent may be correct, but proof is lacking

As mentioned at 12 S. ix. 49, the wife of Samuel Dickson, the builder, was Agnes Baillie, youngest daughter of Thomas Baillie by his wife Helen Gordon. Thomas Baillie is said to have been connected with the Baillies of Lamington, but although an exhaustive search has been made, no proof of this has so far been found. By his wife Helen Gordon he had:

1. Thomas, a colonel, died in India, 1799.

2. John, merchant in Edinburgh, of whom presently

3. William, born Nov. 20, 1744.

4. Andrew, born Feb. 6, 1756.

5. Janet.

6. James.

7. Agnes, married Samuel Dickson.

John Baillie, merchant in Edinburgh, married July 29th 1764, Margaret, da a. of Alexander Sutherland, of Ackergill, Wick, farmer, and had issue:

1. George Robertson Baillie, of whom presently,

2. Helen, born May 2nd, 1772.

3. Margaret, born Sept. 16 1774, died April 22, 1776.

4. Margaret, born April 12, 1777, died Sept, 8, 1779

George Robertson Baillie, born Dec. 14, 1769 (baptised Dec. 20, 1769; witnesses Thomas Baillie, Millwright at the Water of Leith, and Peter Reid of Edinburgh). Army surgeon in Jamaica, 1788-91, pract. in England, returned to West Indies, 1794, where he served till 1811. Deputy Inspector of Hospitals in England, 1816. Had 19 years' foreign and 8 years' home service; consultant in Sloane Street, London, W., Crest on seal: A boar's head erased.

His "Record of Services" is as follows:

I commenced the study of my profession in 1783 with Alexander & George Wood, Surgeons, Edinburgh, and served 5 years 4 years of which I attended the professor of Anatomy and Surgery Theory and practice of Physic-chemistry and Materia .Medica in that University, and in 1788 1 received a diploma in surgery. In 1788 I was appointed Surgeon's Mate to 14th Regt. of Foot then stationed at Jamaica. In 1791 I returned to England and in the year following in consequence of bad health I left the army and entered into private practice at Edinburgh. In 1794 my health being re-estab- lished, I was appointed Hospital Mate and again sent to West Indies. In 1795 while at St. Vin- cent, and doing duty, I was captured by the French and sent to Guadaloupe where I was kept a close prisoner at first in Common Jail then to Prison Ship where I suffered great hard- ships and privations for months. On my release in 1796 was appointed by Dr. Young, Surgeon in Second, to 14th Regt. of Foot, In 1801 Staff Surgeon at capture of Danish Island of St. Croix and second time captured by enemy and sent to Spanish Settlement of Cxir- rana and was not released till the peace of 1802. In same year, I was sent to Dominica where I remained two years ; during this time Yellow Fever raged among the troops ; the Surgeon and Asst. Surgeon were both confined with that fever and the latter died therefore the whole duty devolved upon me ; in consequence, Major- General Provost was pleased to notice my zeal to Sir William Meyers, Commander of the Forces : " The exemplary humane and diligent dis- charge of the duty of Garrison Surgeon as performed by Mr. Baillie during the distress and sickness has made too lasting an impres- sion on my mind to allow such unusual qualifications to pass by without a feeble effort to bring his merit to notice. " The Commander of the Forces directs that Dr. Baillie the Surgeon may be informed that he is fully sensible of his Merits on this occasion and the report will be transmitted to His Royal Highness the Commander- in-Chief. "(Signed) C. GRANT, Major." In 1804, was removed and sent to St. Vincent where I remained till 1811 but my long residence in West Indies, for nearly 17 years, my health was so much injured that I obtained leave of absence to return to England for recovery where I was again put in duty (before my expiration of my leave) at Depot Hospital, Canterbury, and was ordered to Peninsular in 1812 but on my arrival there was unable to undertake Field Duty. I was sent back in following year to Eng- land in bad health and third time captured by enemy and sent to France and was kept a prisoner of war until 1814. On 25th June, 1815, I was ordered to Flanders, in consequence of Battle of Waterloo on which occasion I received the thanks of Sir John Meade, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, for the promptness in which I obeyed the order to embark. I continued with the Army in France until February. 1816, and since that period I have had charge of Channel Islands Jersey, Guernsey, and Alderney with Brevet Rank of Deputy Inspector of Hospitals. (Signed) G. R. BAILLIE. 1st April, 1819, Jersey. Dr. Baillie married in St. Vincent, Oct. 27, 1808, Jane Ann, dau. of Charles John Warner, of Bequia, one of the Grenadines, and had issue : 1. George, born Sept, 13, 1809 ; M.R.C.S., Govt. surgeon in St. Vincent. J. P. 1847 of