Baird married Constance Amelia Harford, daughter of John Battersby Harford and wife Mary Charlotte de Bunsen, on 23 April 1878 and had two daughters and two sons.
^ abCraig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 549. ISBN0-900178-27-2.
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john, baird, north, west, lanarkshire, john, baird, february, 1852, july, 1900, scottish, unionist, politician, biography, editbaird, john, baird, wife, margaret, findlay, younger, brother, alexander, baird, baronet, lord, lieutenant, kincardineshire, from, 18. John Baird DL JP 17 February 1852 8 July 1900 was a Scottish Unionist politician Biography editBaird was the son of John Baird 1st of Ury and his wife Margaret Findlay and younger brother of Sir Alexander Baird 1st Baronet Lord Lieutenant of Kincardineshire from 1889 to 1918 1 He was educated at Harrow School and Christ Church Oxford He was Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace for Inverness shire 2 At the 1885 general election Baird was elected as the Member of Parliament MP for North West Lanarkshire 3 He lost the seat at the 1886 general election to the socialist Robert Cunninghame Graham who stood as a Liberal Labour candidate 3 and became Britain s first socialist MP Baird had residences at Knoydart the Isle of Ornsay and Lochwood Lanarkshire He died at the age of 48 Baird married Constance Amelia Harford daughter of John Battersby Harford and wife Mary Charlotte de Bunsen on 23 April 1878 and had two daughters and two sons References edit the Peerage com Debretts Guide to the House of Commons 1886 a b Craig F W S 1989 1974 British parliamentary election results 1885 1918 2nd ed Chichester Parliamentary Research Services p 549 ISBN 0 900178 27 2 External links editHansard 1803 2005 contributions in Parliament by John Baird Parliament of the United Kingdom New constituency see North Lanarkshire Member of Parliament for North West Lanarkshire1885 1886 Succeeded byRobert Cunninghame Graham nbsp nbsp This article about a Scottish Conservative and Unionist or Unionist Party Scotland Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom born in the 1850s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Baird North West Lanarkshire MP amp oldid 1147200004, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
