A Baird Unwittingly Provided Aid and Comfort to his Fellow ... Gen...on a wall in Inveraray Castle,...
3
Brought to you exclusively by Karen Baird Vierra of Baird Heritage www.BairdHeritage.com A Baird Unwittingly Provided Aid and Comfort to his Fellow Soldier The feud between the MacDonald’s and the Campbell’s began long before the 13 February 1692 massacre at Glencoe. Duncan MacDougall, grandson of Somerled, built Dunstaffnage Castle in the early 1200's. It was the seat of his power and is a mighty fortress in Argyll bordered on three sides by water. No invading force could escape MacDougall’s detection. But when Duncan’s son Ewen backed Balliol in the Wars of Independence, Robert the Bruce defeated him at the Pass of Brander in 1306 and took possession of Dunstaffnage. One hundred and sixty-three years later, in 1469, the king assigned the captaincy of the fortress to the Campbell Family rather than a MacDougall or a Macdonald. Dunstaffnage Castle in the Firth of Lorn, on Scotland’s western coast, 3 miles north of Oban With this context, you may enjoy the humor in the following story told by General Sir Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird. Even more humorous is that I found the following portrait and story framed and mounted on a wall in Inveraray Castle, which, for those who may not know, is the seat of the Dukes of Argyll, chiefs of Clan Campbell.
Transcript of A Baird Unwittingly Provided Aid and Comfort to his Fellow ... Gen...on a wall in Inveraray Castle,...
Brought to you exclusively byKaren Baird Vierra
of
Baird Heritage www.BairdHeritage.com
A Baird Unwittingly Provided Aid and Comfort to his Fellow Soldier
The feud between the MacDonald’s and the Campbell’s began long before the 13 February 1692 massacreat Glencoe. Duncan MacDougall, grandson of Somerled, built Dunstaffnage Castle in the early 1200's. Itwas the seat of his power and is a mighty fortress in Argyll bordered on three sides by water. No invadingforce could escape MacDougall’s detection. But when Duncan’s son Ewen backed Balliol in the Wars ofIndependence, Robert the Bruce defeated him at the Pass of Brander in 1306 and took possession ofDunstaffnage. One hundred and sixty-three years later, in 1469, the king assigned the captaincy of thefortress to the Campbell Family rather than a MacDougall or a Macdonald.
Dunstaffnage Castle in the Firth of Lorn, on Scotland’s western coast, 3 miles north of Oban
With this context, you may enjoy the humor in the following story told by General Sir Harry BeauchampDouglas Baird. Even more humorous is that I found the following portrait and story framed and mountedon a wall in Inveraray Castle, which, for those who may not know, is the seat of the Dukes of Argyll, chiefsof Clan Campbell.
General Sir Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird, KCB, CMG, CIE, DSO, 1877-1963British officer in the Indian Army, WWI; Commanding officer of the 1st/8th Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders1916; Gen. Staff Officer with 51st Highland Division; Gen. Officer with the Cavalry Corps; Commander of 75th Infantry Brigade,1918. [Note type error “June 1816 s/b 1916]
To the right is a bookplate belonging to General Sir Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird º
His petition to the Lyon Court for a coat of armswas granted on 10 November 1919.
Blazon: A boar passant, three shields in chief
Major Percy ThomasCharles Baird ofPalmers Cross,Elgin, Morayshire1872-1915
Among the Sources UsedScotlandsPeople:
birth, marriage, death, wills, valuationrolls, Statutory registersCensus: 1851, 1861
The Morayshire Roll of Honour, The Great War,1914-1918, Published Elgin 1921
Websites: www.1cemeteries.com/dickebusch-old-miltary-cemetery.htmlwww.generals.dk./do-search.php?
Wikipedia: Andrew Wilson BairdBookplate: on file, did not record sourceLieut. Col. Baird Article: Framed and hanging in
Inveraray Castle, Argyll, Scotland(Portrait reads: Courtesy National PortraitGallery, London
Pedigree: Baird’s of Palmers Cross, Elgin, Morayshire
Thomas Baird ------------------------- m.12 Apr 1842 ------------------------ Catherine Imray
b .c1813 Old Machar, Aberdeenshire b.c1819, Huntly, Aberdeenshire Up holsterer & Cabinet maker in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire * * +)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))) )))))))0))))))))))2))))0)))))))))))))))0))))))))))))))0)))))))))))))),
Colonel, retiredAndrew Wilson Baird -- m. -- Margaret Elizabeth Davidson Williamina Baird Catharine Baird Dorthea Mary Baird Thomas Baird Helen Anderson Bairdb.26 Apr 1842, Aberdeen 2 Feb 1843, Aberdeen b.20 Feb 1844 b.26 Jun 1846 b.21 Apr 1849 Both: b.21 Feb or 19 May 1852 d.19 Jun 1908, Elgin Parents: Charles Davidson &Lived at Palmers Cross * Jean/Jane Ross * * Margaret must have died early because children were raised by Charles & Jane Davidson * +))))))))2)))))))))))0))))))))))))))))0)))))))))))))))0)))))))))))))))),
Major Co lonel, retiredPercy Thomas Charles Baird Ada Margaret Baird Una M. J. Baird Emilyne J. C. Baird Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird -- m.-- ____ Mary Frances Caldecott b.28 Nov 1872, Bombay, India b.1874 Bombay, India b.1875 Bombay b.1876Aberdeen b.4 Apr 1877, London b . Unkn. d.bef. Harry Unmarried No known childrenInherited Palmers Cross, 1908 W WI, 12th Cavalry, Indian Army2nd Bn. Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders Hig hly decoratedd. 15 Feb 1915, WWI, Vvonnezelle (Voormezelle), Flanders (now Belgium) In herited Palmers Cross from brother, 1915Buried in Dickebusch Old Military Cemetery, West-Vladdnderen, Belgium, Row B.2 d . 2 Jul 1963, at Palmers Cross, Elgin, Morayshire with headstone inscribed “of Palmer’s Cross Elgin” Will left Palmers Cross to brother Harry
