BAIRD, REV. JOHN (_eld. son of Rev. James Baird, minister of Swinton, Berwickshire who d. 11 Feb. 1814_). _b._ Manse of Eccles 17 Feb. 1799; ed. at Whitsome and Kelso and Univ. of Edin.; founded the Plinian Society at Edin. 1823, which was eventually incorporated with Botanical Society of Edin.; minister of Yetholm near Kelso June 1829 to death; established a school at Yetholm for Gipsies 1843, this was the first ragged school in Scotland; a founder of Berwickshire Naturalists’ Club 22 Sep. 1831, pres. 1837; author of _Scottish Gipsies Advocate_ 1839; _Account of the parish of Yetholm_ in the _New Statistical account of Scotland iii_, 159–76 (1845). _d._ Yetholm 29 Nov. 1861. _Memoir of the late Rev. John Baird by W. Baird M.D._ 1862. BAIRD, ROBERT. _b._ 1806; an ironmaster at Glasgow; lord dean of guild Glasgow 1855. _d._ Cawdor house, Glasgow 7 Aug. 1856. BAIRD, THOMAS. Wrote much in _Western Times_ Exeter newspaper under pseudonym of Nathan Hogg; author of _Letters in the Devonshire dialect in verse by Nathan Hogg_ 1847. _d._ St. Thomas’s hospital London May 1881. BAIRD, WILLIAM (_elder brother of James Baird_). _b._ 1796; senior partner in Gartsherrie iron works; M.P. for Falkirk 1841–45; bought estate of Elie, Fifeshire for £145,000. _d._ Edinburgh 8 March 1864, leaving a fortune of £2,000,000 sterling. BAIRD, WILLIAM (_younger brother of Rev. John Baird_). _b._ the Manse of Eccles Berwickshire 1803; ed. at Edin. Dublin and Paris; surgeon H.E.I. Co’s. navy 1823–33; practised in London 1833–41; assistant in Zoological department of the British Museum Sep. 1841 to death; F.R.S. 6 June 1867; author of _The natural history of the British Entomostraca_ published by Ray Society 1850; _Cyclopædia of natural sciences_ 1858. _d._ 38 Burlington road, Westbourne park 27 Jany. 1872. BAIRD, REV. WILLIAM. Ed. at Linc. coll. Ox., B.A. 1859, M.A. 1861; V. of St. Barnabas, Homerton 1870 to death; author of _Hallowing of our common life, sermons_ 1867, _3 ed._ 1874; _Inheritance of our fathers, the book of common prayer_ 1868; _Days that are past, early church history_ 1870. _d._ Coleshill st. Eaton sq. London 5 Dec. 1875. BAKER, ANNE ELIZABETH. _b._ 16 June 1786; wrote the geological and botanical part of her brother George Baker’s _History and antiquities of Northamptonshire_; author of _Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases 2 vols._ 1854. _d._ Gold st. Northampton 22 April 1861. BAKER, ANTHONY ST. JOHN. Consul general in the U.S. of America 6 Jany. 1816 to 5 Jany. 1832 when office abolished. _d._ Mount Calverley lodge, Tunbridge Wells 16 May 1854. BAKER, B. B. Director of the college at Corfu; professor of English literature in the Ionian University. _d._ Malta 20 Feb. 1868.