William Baillie, Lord Provand

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rdf:langString William Baillie, Lord Provand (died 26 May 1593) was a Scottish judge from Lamington. He first appears as a judge of the court of session, 15 November 1550. He was appointed president of the court on the death of John Sinclair, Bishop of Brechin, in 1566. On 6 December 1567, he was deprived of this office, in favour of Sir James Balfour, by Regent Moray, on the pretext that the act of institution required it to be held by a person of the spiritual estate. Balfour was in turn removed in 1568, when he was accused of participation in Darnley's murder, and Baillie, being reinstated, held the office till his death, 26 May 1593. After the Scottish Reformation, Provan Hall near Glasgow became a residence of William Baillie. In 1566 he was a collector of the teinds or tithes known as the "Thirds of Benefices" for the parsonage of Glasgow. As a judge, he was known as Lord Provand. He married Elizabeth Durham. Their daughter and heiress of Provan, Elizabeth Baillie, married Robert Hamilton, a son of Andrew Hamilton of Goslington. She passed the ownership of Provan Hall to their eldest son, Francis Hamilton of Silvertonhill in 1599.