About Grisell Baillie
Lived 1822 – 1891 (aged 69). Grisell Baillie was a priest and deaconess, known for Church of Scotland.
Lady Grisell Baillie (4 April 1822 – 20 December 1891) was the first woman to be created a deaconess in the Church of Scotland.
Biography
Grisell Baillie was born at her family home, Mellerstain House in the Scottish Borders, on 4 April 1822, and baptised on 6 June 1822. She was the youngest of the eleven children of George Baillie of Jerviswood, MP for Berwickshire, and Mary Pringle, daughter of Sir James Pringle, Baronet of Stichill. In Bowden Church a new communion table was given in her memory. Lady Elizabeth (1803–1861) married the 2nd Marquess of Breadalbane. Lockhart Baillie (born 1799), mother Catherine Sangster.
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British priest (1822-1891)
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Grisell Baillie was born on 4 April 1822 in Mellerstain House.
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Grisell Baillie died on 20 December 1891.
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Grisell Baillie was a priest and deaconess.
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Grisell Baillie was known for Church of Scotland.
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