William Baillie (East India Company officer)

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Seringapatam
.

Records in the

Madras
, and that the dates of his subsequent commissions were as follows: brevet-captain 5 September 1763, substantive captain 2 April 1764, major 12 April 1772, lieutenant-colonel 29 December 1775.

The historian Wilks identifies him with the Captain Baillie who did good service as commandant of one of the three 'English' battalions in the pay of the company, employed under Colonel

Sir Hector Munro. Moving down with the gigantic camp-following then customary, and, as some writers assert, with many needless delays, Baillie drew near to Madras, defeating a division of the enemy under Hyder's son Tipu Sultan, which attacked him on the march near the village of Perambaukum
.

Thence he sent on word to Munro, who was encamped at

Seringapatam
. Among the number grievously wounded was Colonel Baillie, whose personal courage in the fight and in the subsequent captivity was admitted alike by friends and foes.

In dungeons at Seringapatam, and most of the time in chains, the prisoners remained until 1784, when the survivors were returned to Madras. A few among them, like Captain

fell to British arms
on 4 May 1799; but Colonel Baillie was not of the number, death having ended his sufferings in captivity on 13 November 1782 (Hook's Life of Baird, vol. i.).

  • Baillie Dungeon, Seringapatam (2004)
    Baillie Dungeon, Seringapatam (2004)
  • Narrow Passage to Colonel Baillie's Dungeon, Seringapatam (2004)
    Narrow Passage to Colonel Baillie's Dungeon, Seringapatam (2004)
  • Memorial Plaque at Baillie Dungeon, Seringapatam
    Memorial Plaque at Baillie Dungeon,
    Seringapatam
  • Signboard at Baillie Dungeon, Seringapatam
    Signboard at Baillie Dungeon,
    Seringapatam
  • Old Signboard at Baillie Dungeon, Seringapatam
    Old Signboard at Baillie Dungeon,
    Seringapatam
  • Stones to which prisoners were tied to, Baillie Dungeon, Seringapatam
    Stones to which prisoners were tied to, Baillie Dungeon,
    Seringapatam

Thirty-five years after Col Baillie's death, and 17 years after the

Gumbaz, where Tippu Sultan is buried. It is an austere, but poignant and pretty structure.[1]

References

  1. ^ Mullur, Shashikiran (22 October 2013). "Vestiges of William Baillie". Deccan Herald. No. Bangalore. Retrieved 22 January 2015.

"Baillie, William (d.1782)" . Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.

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