. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . aailltam fairb of <EIic Was born at Woodhead, on 23rd April, 1796. He died atEdinburgh on 8th March, 1864, and was interred at Symington,in Ayrshire. The annexed portrait of Mr. Baird is from apicture at Rosemount painted by the late Mr. GrahamGilbert. He was Member of Parliament for the Falkirk Burghs,from 1841 to 1846; and was for some time Director andChairman of the Caledonian Railway Company; and a Director,and afterwards Deputy-Governor, of the Forth and ClydeCanal. He acquired, in 1853, the estate of Elie in Fife
. The Bairds of Gartsherrie. Some notices of their origin and history . aailltam fairb of <EIic Was born at Woodhead, on 23rd April, 1796. He died atEdinburgh on 8th March, 1864, and was interred at Symington,in Ayrshire. The annexed portrait of Mr. Baird is from apicture at Rosemount painted by the late Mr. GrahamGilbert. He was Member of Parliament for the Falkirk Burghs,from 1841 to 1846; and was for some time Director andChairman of the Caledonian Railway Company; and a Director,and afterwards Deputy-Governor, of the Forth and ClydeCanal. He acquired, in 1853, the estate of Elie in Fife—a viewof the mansion house on which is annexed ; and in the sameyear Rosemount, in Ayrshire, where he had resided as tenantsince 1845, and where he continued chiefly to /]2/U&^*x***/
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