John Baillie-Hamilton, 13th Earl of Haddington

He attended Ampleforth College, Trinity College, Dublin, and the Royal Agricultural College. He worked as a photographer and published the magazine The Bird Table. He also worked with the Lebanese Tourist Board and the Centre for Crop Circle Studies. In 1998, he founded the charitable organization Save Our Songbirds, now Songbird Survival. After his father's death in 1986, Baillie-Hamilton inherited the title of Earl of Haddington, aged 44 years. Thus, he acquired the then-associated seat in the House of Lords. This he lost due to the House of Lords Act 1999. He applied for an elected seat, but only came 91st place on his party list. Baillie-Hamilton lived on the estate of Mellerstain House in Berwickshire. On 19 April 1975, Baillie-Hamilton married Prudence Elizabeth Hayles. They divorced in 1981. He married again on 2 December 1984 to Jane Heyworth. The marriage produced three children, two daughters and a son: • George Edmund Baldred Baillie-Hamilton (b. 1985), who is now the 14th Earl of Haddington • Lady Susan Moyra Baillie-Hamilton (b. 1988) • Lady Isobel Joan Baillie-Hamilton (b.

• Honorific Prefix — The Right Honourable • Name — The Earl of Haddington • Office1 — Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal • Term Start1 — 17 April 1986 • Term End1 — 11 November 1999 • Predecessor1 — The 12th Earl of Haddington • Successor1 — Seat abolished • Birth Name — John George Baillie-Hamilton • Born — 21 December 1941 • Died — 5 July 2016 • Occupation — Photographer, politician and peer