Background
BAIRD, John Lawrence was born in 1874. Son and heir of Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet.
BAIRD, John Lawrence was born in 1874. Son and heir of Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet.
One daughter Late Diplomatic Service. Attache, Vienna, 1896. Cairo, 1898; Abyssinia, 1899.
Private Secretary to Sir William Gars tin, Under Secretary for Public Works in Egypt, 1900-1902.
Acting Agent and Consul-General in Abyssinia, 1902. Political Officer, British East Africa and Abyssinia Frontier Survey, 1902-1903.
Political Officer with Abyssinian Army in Somaliland, 1903-1904 (medal and clasp, despatches, C. M.G.). 2nd Secretary, Paris, 1904-1906.
Buenos Aires, 1906-1908. Justice of the Peace, Doctorate.L. Member of Parliament (Unionist) Rugby Division, Warwickshire, since 1910.
Unionist.
Clubs: Turf, Carlton, Beefsteak.
Spouse 1905, Lady Ethel Keith-Falconer, daughter of 10tli Earl of Kintore.
