The peerage title Baron Lamington was created in 1880 in the United Kingdom for Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, a long-time member of parliament and old friend of the Earl of Beaconsfield. It became extinct in 1951 on the death of the third baron. The Peerage is a system of titles of nobility which exists in the United Kingdom and is one part of the British honours system. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to a parliament; in the Westminster system, specifically to the lower house. ... The Right Honourable Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and literary figure. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
Alexander Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie, 1st Baron Lamington (1816–1890)
Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington (1860–1940)
Victor Cochrane-Baillie, 3rd Baron Lamington (1896–1951) (title extinct)
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Alexander Cochrane-Wishart-Baillie, 1st Baron Lamington (24 November 1816–15 February 1890), better known as Alexander Baillie-Cochrane, was a British Conservative politician perhaps best known for his association with Young England in the early 1840s. ... 1816 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1890 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... 1940 was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...
David II granted a charter of Lamington to Sir William Baillie of Hoprig in 1368.
His grandson, Sir William Baillie of Lamington, married Marian, dtr of Sir John Seton of that Ilk, and from that union sprang the lines of Dunain and Innisbargie, and subsequently of Dochfour.
The fourth son of the Baillie-Seton alliance, William, continued the Lamington family, and when another Sir William became the last male in the direct line, he arranged for his heiress daughter to marry Edward Maxwell, the younger son of Lord Herries, who was to take the name and arms of Baillie of Lamington.
Lamingtons are a type of sponge cake (or more traditionally, butter cake) squares, coated in a layer of flavoured gelatin (or traditionally chocolate icing or strawberry jam), then desiccated coconut.
Lamingtons are most likely named after Charles Baillie, 2nd BaronLamington, who served as Governor of Queensland from 1896 to 1901.
Ironically, Lord Lamington was known to have hated the dessert that had been named in his honour, once referring to them as "those bloody poofy woolly biscuits".
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