Captain Thomas Baillie, Late Lieut. Governor of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich
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Captain Thomas Baillie, Late Lieut. Governor of the Royal Hospital at Greenwich
This portrait, derived from an oil in the Museum (BHC2523), commemorates Baillie's long campaign against financial and patronage abuses in Greenwich Hospital, many in the matter of appointments by Lord Sandwich when First Lord of the Admiralty. Baillie, as first a captain in the Hospital (from 1761), and then Lieutenant-Governor from 1774 wrote a damning limited circulation report (seen under his hand) which in August that year resulted not only in his dismissal but a charge of libel against him by some of the Hospital Directors, including Sandwich. By chance he met the young lawyer and ex-midshipman, Thomas Erskine - later Lord Chancellor - who mounted a brilliant defence in 1778, which cleared Baillie of the libel. He remained unemployed, however, until after the fall of Lord North's government (including Sandwich) in 1782, when he was appointed to another government post.
Nathaniel Hone the Elder
- Image reference: B0685_12
- National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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