. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . /]2/U&^*x***/. UJt/5 o I ul THE BAIRDS OF GARTSHERRIE. 97 He was a man of large views, bold in his undertakings,of clear judgment, of correct business habits, and of greatenergy and perseverance of purpose. He was in 1863 madea Depute-Lieutenant of Ayrshire. He married, in 1840,Janet Johnston, daughter of Thomas Johnston, coal master,Gartcloss, by whom he had issue:— Alexander, died s. p. William, now of Elie, b. 1848. John George Alexander, b. 1854. James Douglas, b. 1856. Henry Kobert, b. 1861. Edward William David, b. 1
. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . /]2/U&^*x***/. UJt/5 o I ul THE BAIRDS OF GARTSHERRIE. 97 He was a man of large views, bold in his undertakings,of clear judgment, of correct business habits, and of greatenergy and perseverance of purpose. He was in 1863 madea Depute-Lieutenant of Ayrshire. He married, in 1840,Janet Johnston, daughter of Thomas Johnston, coal master,Gartcloss, by whom he had issue:— Alexander, died s. p. William, now of Elie, b. 1848. John George Alexander, b. 1854. James Douglas, b. 1856. Henry Kobert, b. 1861. Edward William David, b. 1864. Jane, married (1862) James George BairdHay, Esq. of Belton. Janet Ann, d. 1868. Charlotte. Mary Elizabeth. Cecilia Margaret. The position to which the family of the Bairds had attained,and the extent of their territorial possessions, having made itproper that there should be assigned to them appropriatearmorial bearings, there were granted to them by the LordLyon, as already mentioned, the same arms as those borneby the Bairds of Auchmedden, with a distinctive differ-ence. T
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