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Baird, of Newbyth, Haddingtonshire (UK Baronet, 1809)

Creation: let.pat. 13 Apr 1809

Family name: Baird

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Arms:

Gules in chief within an Increscent an Estoile of eight points Argent in base a Boar passant Or on a Canton Ermine a Sword erect proper pommeled and hilted Or

Crests:

1st: A Mameluke mounted on a Horse and holding in his dexter hand a Scimitar all proper; 2nd: A Boar's Head erased Or

Motto:

Vi et virtute (By strength and valour)

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William Baird of Newbyth

son of William Baird, of Edinburgh, merchant and baillie (by his wife Catherine Binning, dau. of Sir William Binning, Lord Provost of Edinburgh), 2nd surv. son of Sir Robert Baird of Saughtonhall, 1st Bt.

born

mar.

Alicia Johnston, 4th dau. of Robert Johnston of Hilltown

children

1. Robert Baird of Newbyth (d. 10 Jun 1828), mar. (1) Jan 1779 his cousin Hester Johnston (dsp. 6 Jul 1789), dau. of Wynne Johnston of Hilltown, and (2) 16 Aug 1791 Hersey Christina Maria Gavin (d. Jul 1829), 2nd dau. of David Gavin, of Langton House, co. Berwick, by his wife Lady Elizabeth Maitland, 3rd dau. of James [Maitland], 7th Earl of Lauderdale, and had issue by his second wife:

1a. Capt Sir David Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Bt.

2a. Midshipman John Baird RN, killed on active service at sea off Algiers (dvp. Sep 1806)

3a. Capt Wynne Baird RN (d. 1835), mar. 12 Nov 1824 Madelina Susan Cerjat (d. 15 Jul 1827), dau. of Lt Col Henry Andrew Cerjat, and had issue:

1a. Lieut Robert Henry Baird (b. 19 Sep 1825; d. 14 May 1905), mar. 22 Jan 1853 Elizabeth Maria Goff (d. 6 Dec 1912), dau. of George Goff, yr. brother of Joseph Goff, of Hale Park, co. Hampshire, and had issue:

1b. Robert George Baird (b. 23 May 1864; d. 31 Dec 1938), mar. 3 Jan 1893 Mabel Charlotte Bramston (b. c. 1870; d. 16 Jun 1957), dau. of Rev William Moundeford Bramston, and had issue:

1c. Maj Robert Douglas Baird MC (b. 19 Dec 1893; dspm. 9 Dec 1969), mar. 8 Jun 1926 Alice Patience Crawley (d. 29 Sep 1995), dau. of Cecil Gordon Crawley CBE, of 19 Cranley Place, London SW&, and had issue:

1d. Dawn Baird (b. 3 Jun 1927), mar. 1 Mar 1968 as his second wife Geoffrey Haig Loyd MBE, of Remenham House, Ocle Pychard, co. Hereford (b. 17 Jun 1926), 2nd son of Wilfred Haig Loyd by his wife Emily Charlotte Eileen Oakeley MBE, 2nd dau. by his first wife of Sir Charles John Oakeley, 5th Bt., and has issue

2c. Maj George Henry William Baird (b. 10 Jan 1903; d. 1992), mar. 22 Jan 1931 Catherine Augusta Forester (d. 1986), 3rd dau. of Lt Col Francis William Forester, of Somerby. co. Leicester (by his wife and second cousin once removed Aline Laura Milbank, 1st dau. of Sir Powlett Charles John Milbank, 2nd Bt.), 1st son and heir of William Henry Forester, of Somerby, co. Leicester (by his wife Hon Eleanor Alexandrina Fraser, sister of Alexander [Fraser], 18th Lord Saltoun of Abernethy, and 5th dau. of Hon William Fraser), 1st son and heir of Maj Francis Forester MP (by his wife Lady Louisa Catherine Barbara Vane, 1st dau. by his first wife of William Henry [Vane], 1st Duke of Cleveland), brother of Cecil [Forester later Weld-Forester], 1st Baron Forester, and 4th son of Lt Col Cecil Forester MP, of Rossall, nr. Shrewsbury, and had issue:

1d. Angus George David Baird, of Hartsfield House, Westland Green, Little Hadham, Ware, co. Hertford (b. 2 Dec 1934; d. 15 Dec 1996), mar. 30 Sep 1961 Fiona Elizabeth Hildred Cooke, 1st dau. of John Sholto Fitzpatrick Cooke CBE, of Ferry Quarter, Strangford, co. Down, and had issue:

1e. Andrew James Baird, heir presumptive to the Baronetcy (b. 23 Oct 1970)

1e. Nicola Laura Baird (b. 23 Mar 1964)

2e. Eliza Caroline Baird (b. 23 Jul 1967)

1d. Diana Catherine Baird (b. 21 Dec 1931), mar. 24 Jul 1953 Julian Charles Lewis Jenkinson, of Folly Faunts House, Goldhanger, Maldon, co. Essex (b. 28 Apr 1926), 1st son and heir of Capt Robert Charles Horace Jenkinson by his first wife Hon Barbara Vernon Harcourt OBE, 3rd dau. of Lewis [Harcourt], 1st Viscount Harcourt, and has issue

1c. Elizabeth Mabel Baird (b. 17 Aug 1895; d. 24 Mar 1957)

1b. Elizabeth Alice Baird (d. 8 Oct 1925)

2b. Anne Henrietta Baird (d. 13 Nov 1945), mar. 1879 Hermann van Muyden (d. 1893), and had issue

3b. Ella Sophia Mary Baird (d. 24 Apr 1936), mar. 23 Apr 1887 Ferdinand de Charrière de Severey, of Lausanne, Switzerland, and had issue

1a. Anne Charlotte Baird (d. an infant)

1a. Elizabeth Baird, mar. 1817 Lt Col William Wauchope of Niddrie, and had issue

2a. Christina Maria Hersey Baird (d. 14 Feb 1867), mar. 25 Jul 1833 William Henry [Drummond], 7th Viscount Strathallan, and had issue

2. Gen Sir David Baird, 1st Bt.

3. Maj Gen Joseph Baird (d. 4 Apr 1816), mar. 27 Feb 1802 Hon Heather Charlotte Tonson (d. 27 Jun 1850), 1st dau. of William [Hull later Tonson], 1st Baron Riversdale, by his wife Rose Bernard, sister of Francis [Bernard], 1st Earl of Bandon, and 1st dau. of James Bernard, of Castle Bernard, co. Cork, and had issue

1. Mary Baird, mar. John Erskine of Drum, and had issue

died

5 Jan 1765

note

inherited Newbyth in 1745 from his cousin Sir John Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Bt.

Gen Sir David Baird, 1st Bt., GCB PC

born

6 Dec 1757

mar.

4 Aug 1810 Anne Preston-Menzies-Campbell of Fernton and Cochlane (d. 28 May 1847), 1st dau. and hrss. of Maj Patrick Preston, Yr. of Valleyfield

died

s.p. 18 Aug 1829

created

13 Apr 1809 a Baronet of the United Kingdom, with remainder, failing heirs male of his body, to his elder brother and the heirs male of his body

suc. by

nephew

note

headed storming party that took Seringapatam 1799; served in Egypt, at the bombardment of Copenhagen and at the retreat to Corunna; Commander-in-Chief at the capture of the Cape of Good Hope

Capt Sir David Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Bt.

born

1795

mar.

10 Aug 1821 his first cousin once removed Lady Anne Kennedy (b. 26 Jun 1797; d. 2 Nov 1877), 1st dau. of Archibald [Kennedy], 1st Marquess of Ailsa, by his wife Margaret Erskine, 2nd dau. and hrss. of John Erskine of Dun, by his wife Mary Baird, dau. of William Baird of Newbyth

children

1. Robert Wynne Baird, accidentally drowned with his brother Archibald (dvp. 15 Oct 1845)

2. Archibald Baird, accidentally drowned with his brother Robert (dvp. 15 Oct 1845)

3. Maj Sir David Baird of Newbyth, 3rd Bt.

4. Admiral Sir John Erskine Kennedy Baird KCB ADC RN (b. 16 Sep 1833' dsp. 8 Dec 1908), mar. 6 Mar 1905 Constance Barbara Clarke (mar. (2) 15 Dec 1925 as his first wife her late husband's 1st cousin twice removed Lord Charles Kennedy (later Charles [Kennedy], 5th Marquess of Ailsa); d. 3 Nov 1931), 1st dau. of Edward Clarke, of Avishays, Chard, co. Somerset

5. Capt William Arthur Baird, died of wounds received in the Ashanti Campaign (b. 1839; d. unm.)

6. Capt Frederick Baird (b. 1841; d. 1884)

7. Jonathan Peel Baird (b. 9 Jan 1844; d. 22 Apr 1915), mar. 7 Nov 1867 Emily Diana Frances Maude (d. 23 Sep 1926), only dau. of Col Sir George Ashley Maude KCB (by his wife Katherine Katinka Beauclerk, 7th dau. of Charles George Beauclerk, of St Leonard's Lodge, Horsham, co. Sussex), 2nd son of Rev Hon John Charles Maude, Rector of Enniskillen, co. Fermanagh (by his wife Mary Trevilian, 2nd by 1st surv. dau. of William Cely Trevilian, of Midelney, co. Somerset), 4th son by his second wife of Cornwallis [Maude], 1st Viscount Hawarden, and had issue:

1a. Lt Cdr Edward Ashley Meade RN (b. 4 Jan 1870; dvp. 28 Feb 1902)

2a. Lt Col Randolph Eustace Wemyss Baird OBE, Governor of Peterhead Prison 1923-27 and Barlinnie Prison 1927-29, Permanent Secretary, Prisons Department, Scotland 1929 (b. 27 Jun 1879; d. 23 Nov 1935)

1a. Helen Emily Baird (dvp. 3 Apr 1908)

2a. Alice Anne Baird, joint-founder of St James's School, Malvern, and Headmistress 1896-1948 (d. 10 Aug 1959)

3a. Katrine Maclean Baird, joint-founder of St James's School, Malvern, and co-founder of Abbot's Hill School, Hemel Hempstead, and Headmistress 1912-30 (d. 2 Sep 1932)

4a. Mary Isabel Baird, co-founder of Abbot's Hill School, Hemel Hempstead (d. 1 Mar 1927)

5a. Diana Margaret Baird (d. 28 Sep 1961)

6a. Georgina Marian Baird (d. 4 May 1922)

7a. Constance Kennedy Baird MBE (d. 9 Mar 1923)

1. Margaret Baird (d. 24 Mar 1908), mar. 26 Nov 1851 her cousin Lord Gilbert Kennedy (b. 14 Jul 1822;  d. 25 Nov 1901), brother of Archibald [Kennedy], 2nd Marquess of Ailsa, and had issue

2. Hersey Maria Christina Elizabeth Baird (d. 4 Jun 1908)

3. Alice Anne Baird (d. 16 Jan 1908), mar. 1866 Rev Hon Arthur Charles Baillie-Hamilton, Rector of Coombs and Vicar of Badley (b. 16 Feb 1838 ; d. May 1910), 6th son of George [Baillie later Baillie-Hamilton], 10th Earl of Haddington, by his wife Georgiana Markham, 2nd dau. of Ven Hon Robert Markham, Archdeacon of York, and had issue

died

8 Jan 1852

suc. by

son

Maj Sir David Baird of Newbyth, 3rd Bt., DL

born

26 Jan 1832

mar.

15 Jun 1864 Hon Ellen Stuart (b. 31 Aug 1846; d. 19 Apr 1927), 2nd dau. and cohrss. of Charles Walter [Stuart], 12th Lord Blantyre, by his wife Lady Evelyn Sutherland-Leveson-Gower, 2nd dau. of George Granville [Leveson-Gower later Sutherland-Leveson-Gower], 2nd Duke of Sutherland

children

1. Capt Sir David Baird of Newbyth, 4th Bt.

2. Maj William Arthur Baird DL, suc. to the estates of his grandfather Lord Blantyre 1900 (b. 20 Mar 1979; d. 6 Jun 1933), mar. 28 Jan 1908 Lady Hersey Constance Evelyn Conyngham (b. 24 Sep 1887;  d. 6 Aug 1962), 3rd dau. of Henry Francis [Conyngham], 4th Marquess Conyngham, by his wife Hon Frances Elizabeth Eveleigh-de Moleyns, 1st dau. of Dayrolles Blakeney [de Moleyns later Eveleigh-de Moleyns], 4th Baron Ventry, and had issue:

1a. Sir David Charles Baird of Newbyth, 5th Bt.

2a. Robert Walter Stuart Baird (b. 5 Mar 1914; d. 1989), mar. (1) 21 Apr 1938 (div. 1960) Maxine Christine Darrell, only child of Rupert Darrell, of New York, USA, and had issue:

1b. Sir Charles William Stuart Baird of Newbyth, 6th Bt.

Robert Walter Stuart Baird mar. (2) 1960 Maria Florine, and had further issue:

1b. Frances Baird (b. 1960)

1a. Evelyn Frances Baird (b. 26 Oct 1908; d. 21 Feb 1957)

2a. Margaret Stuart Baird (b. 17 Sep 1910; d. 21 Aug 1997), mar. 2 Aug 1938 Marcus Humphrey Ure Spurway (d. 1989), and had issue

3a. Hersey Ellen Baird (b. 5 Oct 1916; d. 7 Mar 2001), mar. 29 Sep 1939 (div. 1959) Maj Lachlan Cecil Gordon-Duff, 2nd son of Capt Lachlan Gordon-Duff of Drummuir and Park, and had issue

1. Evelyn Baird OBE (b. 1871; dsp. 3 Jan 1947), mar. 19 Feb 1903 Maj Hon Ronald Thomas Graham Murray (b. 1 Aug 1875; dsp. 24 Sep 1934), only son of Andrew Graham [Murray], 1st Viscount Dunedin, by his first wife Mary Clementina Edmonstone, 7th dau. of Sir William Edmonstone of Duntreath, 4th Bt.

2. Hilda Baird (b. 22 Apr 1875; d. 4 Aug 1946), mar. 7 Jul 1908 Curtis Walter Lampson CBE, of Willingshurst, Shamley Green, co. Surrey (b. 18 Aug 1875; d. 9 Aug 1952), brother of Miles Wedderburn [Lampson], 1st Baron Killearn, and 1st son of Norman George Lampson DL by his wife Helen Agnes Blackburn, 4th dau. of Peter Blackburn MP, of Killearn, co. Stirling, and had issue

3. Mabel Baird (b. 15 May 1880; d. 14 Sep 1945)

4.Cecilia Baird (b. 18 May 1881; dvp. 24 Apr 1891)

died

13 Oct 1913

suc. by

son

note

served in the Kaffir Wars 1851-52; on the staff of Sir Colin Campbell during the Crimea War and the Indian Mutiny; Commissioner of Supply, Edinburgh

Capt Sir David Baird of Newbyth, 4th Bt., MVO DL

born

6 May 1865

mar.

1901 Lilian Gertrude Willshire (widow of Maj Ernest Maxwell Willshire; d. 30 Apr 1941), dau. of Maj Gen James Davidson

only child

1. Jean Marjorie Baird (d. 16 Dec 1961)

died

s.p.m. 6 Jan 1941

suc. by

nephew

note

ADC to Governor of Malta 1890; MVO 1908; General Officer Commanding, Scottish Command

Sir David Charles Baird of Newbyth, 5th Bt.

born

6 Jul 1912

died

15 Nov 2000

suc. by

nephew

Sir Charles William Stuart Baird of Newbyth, 6th Bt.

born

8 Jun 1939

mar.

Mar 1965 Jane Joanna Bridge, 1st dau. of Brig A Darley Bridge, of 12 Mulberry Walk, London SW3

children

1. Tara Francesca Stuart Baird (b. 1970)

2. Senta Louise Stuart Baird (b. 1973)

3. Petra Helen Stuart Baird (b. 1975)

The heir presumptive to the Baronetcy is Andrew James Baird, a great-great-great-great-grandson of Robert Baird of Newbyth, elder brother of the 1st Baronet, and 4th cousin once removed to the present Baronet.

 First written 10 Sep 2006

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Address:

12 Falstaff Street, Sunnybank Hills, Brisbane, Queensland 4109, Australia

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