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.