Baird baronets of Newbyth (first creation, 1680)
The first 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 John Baird, Lord Newbyth. He was registered an advocate and later made Lord of Session.[2]
The title became extinct in 1745 on the death of his son the 2nd Baronet.[2] While the baronetcy failed, the Newbyth estate passed to his cousin William Baird of the Saughtonhall branch of the family. See Baird baronets of Saughtonhall (1695).
Baird baronets, of Newbyth; first creation (1680)[edit]
- Sir William Baird, 1st Baronet (1654–1737)[2]
- Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet (1685–1745).[2] He sat as Member of Parliament for Midlothian.[3]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Burke, Bernard (1864). The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time. Harrison & Sons. p. 41.
- ^ a b c d Cokayne, George Edward (1904). Complete Baronetage. Vol. IV. W. Pollard & Co., Ltd. p. 310.
- ^ "Baird, John (1685-1745), of Newbyth, Haddington., History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org.