Background
He was the oldest son of Sir William Baird, 1st Baronet and his first wife Helen Gilmour, daughter of Sir John Gilmour.
He was the oldest son of Sir William Baird, 1st Baronet and his first wife Helen Gilmour, daughter of Sir John Gilmour.
In 1737, he succeeded his father as baronet. Baird married Janet Dalrymple, only daughter of Sir David Dalrymple, 1st Baronet. Their marriage was childless.
Baird died, aged 58 in Berwick-upon-Tweed and with his death the baronetcy became extinct.
Baird"s widow remarried James Street Clair and died in 1766.
Baird entered the British House of Commons in 1715, sitting as a Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Edinburghshire until 1722.