Background
Keith was the son of John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven and Sydney Keith-Falconer, 11th Countess of Kintore.
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Ian Keith
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Born James Ian Baird, he changed his name from Baird to Keith by Interlocutor of the Lyon Court 28 June 1967. He worked as a labourer in Britain and Canada in his youth. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy of Stonehaven in 1941.
During the Second World War, he joined the Royal Marine Engineers and rose to the rank of major.
He lived in South Africa from 1947 to 1952, when he returned to manage the family estate at Rickarton. In 1974, he succeeded his mother as twelfth Earl of Kintore.
Lord Kintore married Delia Virginia Loyd in 1935. They had three children:
Lady Diana Elizabeth Virginia Sydney Baird (born 1937).
Married John Francis Holman of Rickarton, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Richard Ian Holman-Baird of Ury and Lochwood (b 1958).
Married firstly, in 1985, Sarah Wood (d 1987) and had one child, Louise Sarah Holman (b 1986). Married secondly, in 1996, Polly Sophia Thomson and had two children, Angus John Holman-Baird (b 1997) and Amelia Jo Holman-Baird (b 1998). Edward Alexander Holman (b 1960).
Had issue.
Georgina Mary Holman (b 1962). Married in 1989 Charles Stirrup and had issue. Emma Charlotte Holman (b 1966).
Married in 1990 Ben Charles Cole and had issue.
The Honorary Alexander David Baird (b 1946).
