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Sir David Baird, first baronet
(1757-1829)

NAME AUTHORITIES:
LOC:    Baird, David, Sir, 1757-1829
NRA:    Baird Sir David (1757-1829) Knight General
DNB:    Baird, Sir David, first baronet (1757-1829), army officer
LBT ID: DaBaird1829    VIAF ID: 45101295    LOC ID: nr90011876
B/BAP:   1757-12-26
DIED:   1829-08-18
SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; thepeerage.com/p28.htm#i278; LOC Name Authority File
Scottish army officer who fought in India, Egypt, the Cape, and in the Peninsular War; he was censured in 1806 for agreeing to lend troops to Admiral Sir Home Popham's unauthorized attack on Buenos Aires.
REFERENCES TO Sir David Baird, first baronet:
Sir Walter Scott to Walter Scott, jun., 26 May 1821 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)
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