. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . at Cadder House, onthe 7th of August, 1856, his death being sudden, and hisremains were laid in the Necropolis of Glasgow by his sixsurviving brothers. His habits of life were simple and regular. He kept diariesin which he entered his every-day transactions. These werefound after his death, and his brothers were interested to findin the last of them the record of conversations which he hadhad with them only a few days before his death. His legalknowledge was considerable, and he was well read in all thebest litei-ature of
. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . at Cadder House, onthe 7th of August, 1856, his death being sudden, and hisremains were laid in the Necropolis of Glasgow by his sixsurviving brothers. His habits of life were simple and regular. He kept diariesin which he entered his every-day transactions. These werefound after his death, and his brothers were interested to findin the last of them the record of conversations which he hadhad with them only a few days before his death. His legalknowledge was considerable, and he was well read in all thebest litei-ature of his country. He had an excellent memory,and could freely quote passages from many authors, both ancientand modern. He had also an album, into which he had copiedsuch passages as had struck his fancy, in various branches ofliterature. He was a man of sound judgment, and he evincedan unusual amount of shrewdness and good sense in all histransactions. 112 THE BAIRDS OF GARTSHERRIE. As already mentioned, he was succeeded in the estate of Auch-medden by his brother Douglas $airb of <2Hofi£butn Was born at Kirkwood, on the 31st of March, 1808, imme-diately before the family left that place for High Cross. Hewas named after the then proprietrix of Rosehall—Miss Old Monkland school he was not ready in learning hislessons, but he made up for this in after years, and was ratherbetter educated than some of his elder brothers. He wasafterwards sent to school in Glasgow, where he lived withAlexander; and on his return, being ready for office work, hebecame a very expert clerk. He paid the men, and kept their as succeeded in the estIden by Li bl i
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