Early Life
Baillie-Stewart was born to a military family, and was christened Norman Baillie Stewart Wright. He attended Bedford School and the Sandhurst military academy, where, as a cadet, he served as an orderly to Prince Henry, 3rd son of George V.
He graduated 10th in the order of merit, and received a commission as a subaltern in the Seaforth Highlanders in 1927. In 1929 he changed his name to "Baillie-Stewart" to make it sound higher up in the British class structure, under the belief that he was looked down upon by more senior officers, even though his father had been a colonel and his mother was from a family with a long tradition of military service. He soon grew to dislike army life.
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