- Baillie, Peter
[E] Baillie, Peter, commonly called " Pate
Baillie," violinist, was born at Stenhouse, in
Liberton parish, Midlothian, February 25,
1774, and was a descendant of the gipsy
family of Baillies of the Upper Ward of
Lanarkshire, his father being Matthew
Baillie of that sept. He was originally a
stonemason, and worked for a time at the
Edinburgh University building, but he settled
as a violin-player at Loanhead and Bonnyrigg
in Midlothian. He died at Liberion, Mid-
lothian, about 1841, and is buried in the
churchyard there. A selection of his com-
positions were published as " A Selection of
Original Tunes for the pianoforte and violin."
Edniburgh, 1825; for the benefit of his family.
He was a talented performer of ^^cots music,
and was widely employed "at penny weddings,
kirns, and other merry ' splores,' " but seems
to have been a rude, offensive fellow, much
given to bouts of intemperance.entry id: 22-L-16
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