Baird baronets

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Coat of arms for Sir James Gardiner Baird, 7th Bt. of Saughtonhall impaled with the Arms of Wauchope of Edmondstone to honour his wife. Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh

Sir David Baird, 1st Bt. of the second Newbyth creation

There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Baird, two in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Two of the creations remain in the name of Baird and are extant as of 2021. The Baird Baronets of Newbyth (created in 1680 and 1809) and of Sauchtonhall (created in 1695) are all descended from Andrew Baird who acquired lands at Auchmedden, Aberdeenshire, in 1534. The main line, Baird of Auchmedden expired on the death in 1806 of Royal Navy Commander John Baird, son of William Baird, 7th of Auchmedden.

The Baird Baronetcy of Newbyth in the County of Haddington, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 4 February 1680 for William Baird, 1654–1737, son of Lord Sir John Baird, 1620–1698. Lord William Baird sat as Member of Parliament for Midlothian and was registered an Advocate and later made Lord of Session. The title became extinct in 1745 on the death of his son Sir John Baird, 2nd Bt. The Newbyth estate passed to his cousin William Baird of the Sauchtonhall branch of the family, father of Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, of the 1809 creation (see below). See also the Baird Baronetcy of Sauchton Hall below.

The Baird Baronetcy of Saughtonhall (or Saughton Hall or Sauchtonhall) in the County of Edinburgh, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 28 February 1695 for Robert Baird, son of James Baird of Auchmedden and uncle of Sir William Baird, 1st Baronet, of Newbyth, of the 1680 creation. The title was created with remainder to the heirs male of his body. Baird was an Edinburgh merchant. The fourth Baronet died from wounds received at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745. The fifth Baronet was a captain in the Royal Navy. He married Frances, daughter of Colonel James Gardiner.

Philip Beard, son of Charles Baird, younger son of the second Baronet, assumed the surname of Beard. His descendant Edmund Charles Beard was a Major-General in the British Army.

The Baird Baronetcy of Newbyth second creation, in the County of Haddington, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 April 1809 for the soldier David Baird, grandson of William Baird, a younger son of Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet, of Sauchtonhall. His father William Baird had inherited the Newbyth estate in 1745 on the death of Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet, of the 1680 creations. The baronetcy was created with remainder to Baird's elder brother Robert Baird and the heirs male of his body. Baird died childless and was succeeded according to the special remainder by his nephew David Baird, the second Baronet. As a descendant of Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet, of Saughton Hall, the present Baronet of Newbyth is also in remainder to this title.

Patrick Baird (died 1816), brother of the first Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army. Wynn Baird (1799–1835), younger brother of the second Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy. Sir John Baird, second son of the second Baronet, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy.

The Baird Baronetcy of Urie was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 March 1897 for Alexander Baird of Urie of the junior cadet branch of the Bairds of Gartsherrie. This Baird Baronetcy ended with James Ian Baird, 3rd Bt. when he changed his name from Baird to Keith in 1967.

Baird baronets, of Newbyth; First creation (1680)[]

Arms of Baird of Newbyth

• Sir William Baird, 1st Baronet (1654–1737)
• [[Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet (1686–1745)

Baird baronets, of Saughton Hall (1695)[]

Arms: Gules a Sanglier passant Or on a Canton Ermine a Sword paleways proper; Crest: A Boar's Head erased Or: Motto: Vi et virtute (By strength and valour) ^[1]

Grave of Sir James Gardiner Baird, 6th Baronet, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh

Gardiner Baird Monument, including the 7th and 8th Baronets, Grange Cemetery

• Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet (died 1697)
• Sir James Baird, 2nd Baronet (died 1715)
• Sir Robert Baird, 3rd Baronet (c. 1690–1740)
• Sir David Baird, 4th Baronet (c. 1729–1745)
• Sir William Baird, 5th Baronet (d. 1771)
• Sir James Gardiner Baird, 6th Baronet (d. 1830)
• Sir James Gardiner Baird, 7th Baronet (1813–1896)
• Sir William James Gardiner Baird, 8th Baronet (1854–1921)
• Sir James Hozier Gardiner Baird, MC,^[2] 9th Baronet (1883–1966)
• Sir James Richard Gardiner Baird, MC,^[3] 10th Baronet (1913–1997)
• Sir (James) Andrew Gardiner Baird, 11th Baronet^[4] (born 1946)

In late 2019 Sir James petitioned the Lyon Court to matriculate the Arms of Auchmedden and request the honour of Chief of the Surname Baird. This petitioned is pending |url=https://www.clanbaird.scot/ The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Alexander Baird of Saughtonhall, the Younger (born 1986)

Baird baronets, of Newbyth; second creation (1809)[]

• Sir David Baird, GCB, 1st Baronet (1757–1829)
• Sir David Baird, 2nd Baronet (1795–1852)
• Sir David Baird, 3rd Baronet DL (1832 – 12 October 1913). Born in Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Baird succeeded his father in the baronetcy as the eldest surviving son in 1852. He served as an officer with the 74th Regiment of Foot in the Xhosa Wars of 1851 and 1852; in the Crimean War, and was on Lord Clyde's staff during the Indian Mutiny. He was subsequently a captain in the 98th Regiment of Foot, and was promoted Major. He was a member of two famous London clubs: the Army and Navy Club, and White's Club. Baird was also Deputy Lieutenant for the counties of East Lothian and Midlothian. He married, Ellen, daughter and heiress of Charles Stuart, 12th Lord Blantyre, in 1864. At the turn of the century they inherited Lennoxlove near Haddington and settled Newbyth House upon his son and heir David Baird (1865).
• Sir David Baird, MVO, 4th Baronet (1865–1941)
• Sir David Charles Baird, 5th Baronet (1912–2000)
• Sir Charles William Stuart Baird, 6th Baronet^[4] (born 1939)

The heir presumptive is Andrew James Baird (born 1970), a great-great-great grandson of the elder brother of the first baronet.

Notes[]

References[]

• Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes for 1903, 29th edition, London, 1903, p. 108.
• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,^{[page needed]}
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

External links[]

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