James Evan Baillie (1781 – 14 June 1863) was a British West Indies merchant, landowner and Whig politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1813 and 1835.
[2] Baillie was a partner in J E Baillie, Fraser & Co of Bristol, Chairman of British Guiana Association, president of Whig Anchor club of Bristol and a Member of Brook's club.
[2] He was put up for parliament at Bristol without his consent in 1820 but in fact his brother Hugh stood unsuccessfully.
[2] In 1834 Baillie purchased land in Badenoch comprising the Laggan farms on the upper Spey, the Kingussie lands from Ballachroan to Kerrowmeanach, and the Alvie farms of Pitchurn, Pitourie and Delfour from the Trustees of the Gordon Estates.
[4] When the British government emancipated the slaves in the 1830s, James and his brother Hugh received compensation for more than 450 slaves across 21 estates in British Guiana, Grenada, St Kitts, St Vincent, and Trinidad.