Peerage Record – 12903

     Brigadier Arthur Darley Bridge was born on 5 January 1896.² He died on 8 September 1967 at age 71 at King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, Beaumont Street, London, England.²
     He was commissioned on 16 June 1915 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, in the service of the Coldstream Guards.² He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.) on 26 November 1917.² He gained the rank of Major on 5 September 1930.² He retired from the military on 1 November 1935.² He fought in the Second World War between 1940 and 1945.² He gained the rank of Brigadier on 1 June 1945.² He retired from the military on 10 April 1946, with the rank of Honorary Brigadier.² He lived at 12 Mulberry Walk, London, England^G.¹

     Tara Francesca Stuart Baird was born in 1970.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Charles William Stuart Baird of Newbyth, 6th Bt. and Jane Joanna Bridge.¹

     Senta Louise Stuart Baird was born in 1973.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Charles William Stuart Baird of Newbyth, 6th Bt. and Jane Joanna Bridge.¹ She died in 2022.²

     Petra Helen Stuart Baird was born in 1975.¹ She is the daughter of Sir Charles William Stuart Baird of Newbyth, 6th Bt. and Jane Joanna Bridge.¹

     William Baird was born after 1659. He was the son of Sir Robert Baird of Saughtonhall, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Fleming.^1,2 He married Catherine Binning, daughter of Sir W. Binning, on 13 February 1697.¹ He died in September 1737.¹
     He was a merchant at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.¹

     Sir Robert Baird of Saughtonhall, 1st Bt. was baptised on 4 October 1630 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.² He was the son of James Baird and Bethia Dempster.³ He married Elizabeth Fleming, daughter of Malcolm Fleming, on 18 January 1655.³ He died in February 1696/97 at age 66.³ He was buried on 2 March 1696/97 at Grey Friars, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland^G.³
     He was created 1st Baronet Baird, of Saughton Hall, co. Edinburgh [Nova Scotia] on 28 February 1695/96.³

     Catherine Binning is the daughter of Sir W. Binning.¹ She married William Baird, son of Sir Robert Baird of Saughtonhall, 1st Bt. and Elizabeth Fleming, on 13 February 1697.¹
     From 13 February 1697, her married name became Baird.¹

     Sir W. Binning held the office of Lord Provost of Edinburgh.¹

     Alicia Johnston is the daughter of Robert Johnston.¹ She married William Baird, 5th of Newbyth, son of William Baird and Catherine Binning.¹
     Her married name became Baird.¹

     Robert Johnston lived at Hilltown, Berwickshire, Scotland^G.¹