Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet

Sir John Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Baronet (13 October 1686 – 30 September 1745) of Newbyth, Haddington was a Scottish politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1715 to 1722. [1][2]

He was the oldest son of Sir William Baird, 1st Baronet and his first wife Helen Gilmour, daughter of Sir John Gilmour.[3] Baird entered the British House of Commons in 1715, sitting as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Edinburghshire until 1722.[4] In 1737, he succeeded his father as baronet.[2]

Baird married Janet Dalrymple, only daughter of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet.[5] Their marriage was childless.[3] Baird died, aged 58 in Berwick-upon-Tweed and with his death the baronetcy became extinct.[6] The heir of his estates was his cousin William, the father of Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet.[5] Baird's widow remarried James St Clair and died in 1766.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "BAIRD, John (1685-1745), of Newbyth, Haddington". History of Parliament Trust. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  3. 1 2 Anderson, William (1863). The Scottish Nation. vol. I. Edinburgh: A. Fullarton & Co. pp. 190–191.
  4. ↑ "Leigh Rayment - British House of Commons, Edinburghshire (Midlothian)". Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  5. 1 2 Debrett, John (1824). Debrett's Baronetage of England. vol. II (5th ed.). London: G. Woodfall. p. 1105.
  6. ↑ "ThePeerage - Sir John Baird of Newbyth, 2nd Bt". Retrieved 9 March 2007.
  7. ↑ 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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