Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Baronet (13 October 1686 30 September 1745)[1] was a Scottish politician.

He was the oldest son of Sir William Baird, 1st Baronet and his first wife Helen Gilmour, daughter of Sir John Gilmour.[2] Baird entered the British House of Commons in 1715, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburghshire until 1722.[3] In 1737, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1]

Baird married Janet Dalrymple, only daughter of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet.[4] Their marriage was childless.[2] Baird died, aged 58 in Berwick-upon-Tweed and with his death the baronetcy became extinct.[5] The heir of his estates was his cousin William, the father of Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet.[4] Baird's widow remarried James St Clair and died in 1766.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  2. 1 2 Anderson, William (1863). The Scottish Nation. vol. I. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. pp. 190–191.
  3. "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Edinburghshire (Midlothian)". Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  4. 1 2 Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. II (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 1105.
  5. "ThePeerage - Sir John Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Bt". Retrieved 9 March 2007.
  6. Burke, John (2001). Peter de Vere Beauclerk-Dewar, ed. Burke's Landed Gentry of Great Britain. p. 44. ISBN 0-9711966-0-5.
Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by
George Lockhart
Member of Parliament for Edinburghshire
17151722
Succeeded by
Robert Dundas
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
William Baird
Baronet
(of Newbyth)
1737 1745
Extinct


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