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Carlyle Gifford
Thomas Johnstone Carlyle Gifford (14 January 1881 – 24 January 1975) was one of the founders of Baillie Gifford, one of the United Kingdom's largest investment management firms.
Career.
Born at Ingleston near Twynholm in Kirkcudbrightshire and educated at George Watson's College and the University of Edinburgh, Carlyle Gifford trained with the firm of W.S. Cook and became a Writer to the Signet in 1905.
In 1907 he co-founded the legal firm of Baillie Gifford WS which in 1909 formed and then acted
Baillie Gifford
Baillie Gifford is an investment management firm which is wholly owned by 44 partners, all of whom work within the firm. It was founded in Edinburgh in 1908 and still has its headquarters in the city. Assets under management and advice of £196.3 billion or $262 billion (as at 30 September 2018).
History.
Baillie & Gifford WS was formed in 1907 as a partnership between Colonel Augustus Baillie and Carlyle Gifford. Initially, it was a law firm but the financial climate of the time