. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . DO X oo Q00 DCD < A I THE BAIRDS OF GARTSHERRIE. 105. James #turb of JUtrJuucbocn, aho of iutotibart itnb (Eambitsboon. As already stated, Mr. James Baird was born at Kirkwood,on the 5th of December, 1802. He was Member of Parliamentfor the Falkirk Burghs from 1851 to 1857; and is a Directorof the Forth and Clyde Canal. He acquired in 1853 theproperty of Cambusdoon, on the banks of the Doon. Aview of Cambusdoon House is here given. In 1857 heacquired the estate of Knoydart, in the county of Inverness,formerly the territ
. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . DO X oo Q00 DCD < A I THE BAIRDS OF GARTSHERRIE. 105. James #turb of JUtrJuucbocn, aho of iutotibart itnb (Eambitsboon. As already stated, Mr. James Baird was born at Kirkwood,on the 5th of December, 1802. He was Member of Parliamentfor the Falkirk Burghs from 1851 to 1857; and is a Directorof the Forth and Clyde Canal. He acquired in 1853 theproperty of Cambusdoon, on the banks of the Doon. Aview of Cambusdoon House is here given. In 1857 heacquired the estate of Knoydart, in the county of Inverness,formerly the territory of Macdonell of Glengarry. Thisextensive Highland property lies on the eastern shores of theSound of Sleat. It is bounded on the north by Loch Ourn,and on the south by Loch Nevis, and extends inland, eastward,as far as Loch Quoich, a distance of eighteen miles. On thisestate, with the assistance of a sum which had been collected 106 THE BAIRDS OF GARTSHERRIE. by his predecessor, Mr. Baird erected a church which heendowed, and, with a district attached, had erected into a parish,called the Parish of Knoydart. Mr. Baird
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