W. D. H. Baillie

W. D. H. Baillie
Portrait of W. D. H. Baillie
2nd Superintendent of Marlborough Province
In office 28 August 1861 – 18 February 1863
Preceded by	William Adams
Succeeded by	Thomas Carter
2nd Chairman of Committees
In office 1879–1902
Preceded by	Mathew Richmond
Succeeded by	William Cowper Smith
Personal details
Born	(1827-02-22)22 February 1827 Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died	24 February 1922(1922-02-24) (aged 95) Maoribank, Upper Hutt, New Zealand
Occupation	Soldier, politician

William Douglas Hall Baillie (22 February 1827 – 24 February 1922) was a New Zealand politician. He was known as W. D. H. Baillie and often referred to as Captain Baillie owing to his military background.

Baillie was born in 1827 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. His parents were Thomas Baillie from Scotland and his first wife, Elizabeth (née Monckton-Hall). His parents had married in 1824 in Limerick, Ireland, and later that year, Thomas Baillie had joined the Colonial Office, and had quickly been appointed commissioner of Crown lands and Surveyor General of New Brunswick. Baillie Jr. received his education at Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He received a commission to the 24th (2nd Warwickshire) Regiment of Foot and spent six years in India, where he saw action in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, with battles at the Chenab River, at Sadoolapore, Chillianwala, and Gujrat. He returned to England in 1853 and was promoted to the rank of captain.

Baillie married Hannah Maria Ann Greensill on 11 July 1854 at West Thurrock in Essex. She was the daughter of John Greensill, and a cousin of Frederick Roberts, the latter of whom would make a career with the British army. The Baillies were to have three sons and one daughter.

Baillie resigned from the army in 1857 and the family came to New Zealand on the Oriental. He initially had a sheep run of 5,000 acres (2,000 ha) in the Wairau Valley but sold the land at settled at Para near Picton.