Baillie, Robert (1602-04-30 - 1662-08-19)

Robert Baillie was born in Glasgow on 30 April 1602. He attended Glasgow Grammar School and the University of Glasgow, graduating M.A. in 1620. From 1625 to 1631, he taught at the University. In 1631, he became minister of Kilwinning, Ayrshire. A year later, he married Lilias Fleming (d. 1653). Baillie served as chaplain to the Earl of Eglinton's regiment in the Bishops' Wars of 1639 and 1640. In 1642, he became joint professor of divinity with David Dickson at the University of Glasgow, retaining his living at Kilwinning. Baillie died in late August 1662. For more information about Robert Baillie, see Alexander D. Campbell, The Life and Works of Robert Baillie (1602-1662): Politics, Religion and Record-Keeping in the British Civil Wars (Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2017).