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     Alexander William Bertie Gordon Baird was born on 23 January 1908.¹ He was the son of Alexander Walter Frederick Baird and Maud Constance Waylen.¹ He died in September 1972 at age 64.²

     Evelyn Margaret Baird was born on 25 April 1875.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Bt. and Hon. Annette Maria Palk.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Albert Edward Stanley Clarke, son of Maj.-Gen. Sir Stanley de Astel Calvert Clarke, on 5 December 1907.¹ She died on 8 June 1926 at age 51.¹
     From 5 December 1907, her married name became Clarke.¹

     Lt.-Col. Albert Edward Stanley Clarke was the son of Maj.-Gen. Sir Stanley de Astel Calvert Clarke.² He married Evelyn Margaret Baird, daughter of Sir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Bt. and Hon. Annette Maria Palk, on 5 December 1907.¹ He died on 8 June 1926.¹
     He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.)³ He was appointed Member, Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.)³ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Scots Guards.³

     Janet Norah Baird was born on 7 January 1878.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Bt. and Hon. Annette Maria Palk.¹ She married Lt.-Col. Sir Arthur George Ferguson, son of Lt.-Col. George Arthur Ferguson, 6th of Pitfour and Hon. Nina Maria Hood, on 1 October 1902.¹ She died on 15 October 1943 at age 65.¹
     From 1 October 1902, her married name became Ferguson.¹

     Lt.-Col. Sir Arthur George Ferguson was born on 22 June 1862.² He was the son of Lt.-Col. George Arthur Ferguson, 6th of Pitfour and Hon. Nina Maria Hood.³ He married Janet Norah Baird, daughter of Sir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Bt. and Hon. Annette Maria Palk, on 1 October 1902.¹ He died on 14 February 1935 at age 72.¹
     He was appointed Commander, Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)⁴ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Rifle Brigade.⁴ He was HM Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland.²

     Edith Annette Baird was born on 6 January 1880.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Bt. and Hon. Annette Maria Palk.¹ She died on 20 October 1881 at age 1.¹

     Nina Isabel Baird was born on 20 March 1882.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Bt. and Hon. Annette Maria Palk.¹ She died on 10 August 1919 at age 37.¹

     Muriel Jane Baird was born on 4 April 1884.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Bt. and Hon. Annette Maria Palk.¹ She married Byron Vyner Noel on 17 July 1909.¹ She died on 31 December 1968 at age 84.¹
     From 17 July 1909, her married name became Noel.¹

     Byron Vyner Noel married Muriel Jane Baird, daughter of Sir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Bt. and Hon. Annette Maria Palk, on 17 July 1909.¹

     Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore was born on 20 September 1874 at Keith Hall, Keithhall & Kink, Aberdeenshire, Scotland^G.² She was the daughter of Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore and Lady Sydney Charlotte Montagu.² She married John Lawrence Baird of Ury, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, son of Sir Alexander Baird of Ury, 1st Bt. and Hon. Annette Maria Palk, on 16 February 1905 at London, England^G.² She died on 21 September 1974 at age 100.³
     Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore usually went by her middle name of Sydney.³ From 16 February 1905, her married name became Baird.¹ After her marriage, Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, Countess of Kintore was styled as Baroness Stonehaven on 12 June 1925. She succeeded as the 11th Lady Keith [S., 1677] on 3 March 1930, suo jure.³ She succeeded as the 11th Countess of Kintore [S., 1677] on 3 March 1930, suo jure.³