Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington

Charles Wallace Alexander Napier Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, (29 July 1860 – 16 September 1940), was a British politician and colonial administrator who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901, and Governor of Bombay from 1903 to 1907.

Political career Cochrane-Baillie was narrowly defeated in the 1885 election for the borough constituency of St Pancras North, but he won the subsequent election in July 1886, taking his seat in the British House of Commons for the Conservative Party.

Governorships Cochrane-Baillie was in the Royal Company of Archers, as King's body guard for Scotland. He was a very politically conservative governor, and expressed a concern that the Federation of Australia which took place during his tenure would lead to unrestrained socialism. He also worked with the first Premier of Queensland, Sir Samuel Griffith, to ensure that the role of state governors was not diminished after Federation.

Later life Lamington was appointed captain of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry on 26 March 1902.

In spring 1919, he served as Commissioner of the British Relief Unit in Syria,

Lamington died at his family home, Lamington House, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, on 16 September 1940, aged 80.

Other roles and ranks (undated) President of the East India Association Vice President of the Royal Central Asian Society Vice-President of the Royal Geographical Society of London Chairman of the Committee of the Royal Normal College and Academy of Music for the Blind (--1913--) A Vice-President of the Trinity College of Music, London (--1913--) and in 1940 became the 3rd Baron Lamington) and a daughter Grisell Annabella Gem Cochrane-Baillie (1898–1985).

Lady Lamington's diary, her 'little pamphlet of memories', paints a detailed portrait of their life as public figures in the colonies.

Legacy Lord Lamington is best known in Australia for allegedly giving his name to the lamington, a popular Australian cake consisting of a cube of sponge cake dipped in a thin chocolate icing and rolled in desiccated coconut. The stories of the creation of the lamington vary widely, although in most versions Lamington's chef Armand Galland at Queensland's Government House devises the cake either by accident or due to a shortage of ingredients. Lamington is also reported to have referred to the cakes as "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits".

In May 2009, Australia Post commemorated Lord and Lady Lamington on a postage stamp as part of a series celebrating Australian deserts.

The Lamington Plateau and National Park in Queensland, Lamington Bridge in Maryborough, Queensland, Mount Lamington (a volcano in Papua New Guinea), and Lamington Road in Mumbai Lamington High School in Hubli were also named after him.

The Lady Lamington Hospital for Women and Lady Lamington Nurses Home are now part of Royal Brisbane Hospital Nurses' Homes.