Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet

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General The Right Honourable

Sir David Baird

GCB Bt
Portrait by John Watson Gordon, c. 1825
Born(1757-12-06)6 December 1757
Newbyth House, East Lothian
Died18 August 1829(1829-08-18) (aged 71)
Creiff, Perthshire
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchBritish Army
RankGeneral
CommandsIreland
Conflicts
AwardsKnight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath

General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, of Newbyth, GCB (6 December 1757 – 18 August 1829) was a British Army officer who served in the Anglo-Mysore wars and French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

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