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
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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) Found 1: ¶ 1 Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson), 1794-1854, Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837) Chapter III 1806 Verse 2: p. 108a p. 108a Chapter III 1821 Found 1: ¶ 1 Chapter VIII 1822 Found 1: ¶ 22 Creevey, Thomas, 1768-1838, The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903) Ch. VIII: 1812 Found 1: ¶ n1