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1. www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk › story › the-bairds-of-gThe Bairds of Gartsherrie - CultureNL Museums

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   George Baird, who managed the above-ground mining operations, lived in the Coal Hole with his sister Jane, who kept house. The house can be made out in the centre of the ‘Gartsherrie by Night’ painting, smoke rising from one of its chimneys.

2. www.pressreader.com › uk › ayrshire-postCambusdoon a half century on - PressReader

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   Aug 11, 2017 · A famous piece of Ayr history is being remembered this summer after it closed its doors 50 years ago. Cambusdoon House, on Greenfield Avenue just next to the Burns’ Cottage in Alloway, was shut in 1967. It was built in 1853 as a mansion for wealthy businessma­n, philanthro­pist and MP James Baird.

3. www.dailyrecord.co.uk › news › local-newsAyr's famous Cambusdoon House remembered 50 years after it ...

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   A famous piece of Ayr history is being remembered this summer after it closed its doors 50 years ago. Cambusdoon House, on Greenfield Avenue just next to the Burns’ Cottage in Alloway, was shut...

4. www.clanbaird.scot › william-james-bairdWilliam & James Baird | Clan Baird of Scotland

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   James Baird was MP (Conservative) for the Falkirk Burghs 1850-57. He was a Deputy-Lieutenant of Ayr and Inverness, and bought the Knoydart estate in 1857. He was twice married: in 1852 to Charlotte Lockhart and in 1859 to Isabella Agnew. There were no children. James Baird died at Cambusdoon.

5. www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk › 100_Glasgow_Men › Baird_JamesJames Baird - glasgowwestaddress.co.uk

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   James Baird was MP (Conservative) for the Falkirk Burghs 1850-57. He was a Deputy-Lieutenant of Ayr and Inverness, and bought the Knoydart estate in 1857. He was twice married: in 1852 to Charlotte Lockhart and in 1859 to Isabella Agnew. There were no children. James Baird died at Cambusdoon.

6. landedfamilies.blogspot.com › 2018/04/328-baird-of(328) Baird of Lochwood House, Cambusdoon House, Ury House ...

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   Apr 21, 2018 · (3) William James Baird (1893-1961) (q.v.). He inherited Elie House and the Barony of Pittenweem from his father in 1864 and Cambusdoon (Ayrs.) from his uncle James Baird in 1876. However, he seems to have lived chiefly at Dean's Croft, Oakham (Rutland). He died 29 June 1918; will confirmed 17 January 1919 (estate £654,461).

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   Who was James Baird?

   • James Baird was MP (Conservative) for the Falkirk Burghs 1850-57. He was a Deputy-Lieutenant of Ayr and Inverness, and bought the Knoydart estate in 1857. He was twice married: in 1852 to Charlotte Lockhart and in 1859 to Isabella Agnew. There were no children. James Baird died at Cambusdoon.

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   What happened to James Baird?

   • James Baird died at Cambusdoon. WILLIAM and JAMES BAIRD were perhaps the most remarkable members of a remarkable family - the Bairds of Gartsherrie. They were not proprietors of the estate of that name, which belongs to Mr. Hamilton Colt. All the property which they possess there is the ground on which their great ironworks are erected.

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   Where did George Baird live?

   • George Baird, who managed the above-ground mining operations, lived in the Coal Hole with his sister Jane, who kept house. The house can be made out in the centre of the ‘Gartsherrie by Night’ painting, smoke rising from one of its chimneys. The ‘Coal Hole’ at Gartsherrie, seen from the south.

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   How did William Baird and his brother James live?

   • William Baird and his brother James lived through an interesting period in the history of the iron and coal trades. In their boyhood these trades were quite insignificant, but they had reached enormous dimensions by the time they attained to middle life. Till a period comparatively recent very little coal was used in Scotland.

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   What did William Baird do for a living?

   • The family moved from farming to coal mining and iron smelting, with the first Gartsherrie furnace opening on 4 May 1830. William Baird took over the business after his father's death in 1833, and served as MP (Conservative) for the Falkirk Burghs 1841-46. He was a director of the Caledonian Railway Company and the Forth and Clyde Canal.

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   Who did James Baird marry?

   • Mr. James Baird married (first), in 1852, Charlotte, daughter of Robert Lockhart, Esq. of Castlehill; and (second), in 1859, Isabella Agnew, daughter of Admiral James Hay of Belton, by whom he was survived. He died at Cambusdoon, without issue, on 20th June, 1876. By his settlement he left £20,000 for Christian and benevolent purposes.

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8. www.theglasgowstory.com › imageJames Baird - TheGlasgowStory

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   James Baird (1802-1876) was an ironmaster and an MP. Baird was one of seven sons of a Lanarkshire farmer who began to lease coal pits in 1816. The brothers founded William Baird & Co to operate the business and opened an ironworks at Gartsherrie in 1830.