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
1715 – 1722 		Succeeded by
Robert Dundas
Baronetage of Nova Scotia
Preceded by
William Baird		 Baronet
(of Newbyth)
1737 – 1745 		Extinct


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