|
Jim Baird (ice Hockey)
James Baird may refer to: * Sir James Baird, 2nd Baronet ( 1658–1715), British baronet * James Baird (British Army officer) (1915–2007) * James Baird (civil engineer) (1872–1953), builder of the Lincoln Memorial and quarterback of the Michigan Wolverines football team * James Baird (footballer) (born 1983), Scottish goalkeeper/soccer player * James Baird (industrialist) (1802–1876), Scottish industrialist and MP for Falkirk Burghs * James Baird (merchant) (1828–1915), Newfoundland merchant and activist * James Baird (trade unionist) (1878–1948), Northern Irish politician and activist * James Bryson Baird (1859–1939), Canadian politician * Jim Baird (American football), American college football player of the 1890s * Jim Baird (Australian footballer) (1920–2003), Australian rules footballer * Jim Baird (politician) (born 1945), U.S. representative from Indiana See also * James Baird State Park James Baird State Park is a state park in Dutchess County, New York ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir James Baird, 2nd Baronet
Sir James Baird, 2nd Baronet, of Saughtonhall (c. 1658 – 1715) was a baronet. Life The son of Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet of Saughtonhall, and Elizabeth Fleming, he became baronet in 1697 on the death of his father, in 1712 entailing the lands of Saughtonhall. The strathspey "Sir James Baird" is believed to be named in his honour. Marriages Children by his first marriage, to Margaret Hamilton, include Sir David, Sir William and Sir Robert, in turn the third, fourth and fifth baronets. Children by his second marriage to Elizabeth Gibson include Patrick Baird who in 1740–44 as a lieutenant on the ship ''Gloucester'' took place in a circumnavigation of the world as a part of George Anson's voyage around the world. References thepeerage.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Baird, James 202 James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baird (British Army Officer)
Lieutenant-General Sir James Parlane Baird, (12 May 191526 May 2007) was a British Army officer and doctor. He served as Director General Army Medical Services from 1973 to 1977. Early life Baird was born on 12 May 1915 in Morayshire, Scotland. His father, the Rev David Baird, was a minister of the United Free Church of Scotland. He was educated at Bathgate Academy, a school in Bathgate, West Lothian. He studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. He graduated in 1937 Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MB ChB). Military career Baird had originally hoped to join the Royal Navy (RN) but with the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939 he joined the British Army instead. He was commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) on 12 December 1939 with the rank of lieutenant, with his service number being 115469. He was initially posted to a field ambulance unit in Scotland, and was promoted to captain on 12 December 1940. In 1941, he was posted to the M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baird (civil Engineer)
James Baird (May 18, 1873 – May 16, 1953) was an American civil engineer, football player and coach. He played football for the University of Michigan from 1892 to 1895 and was captain of the 1894 team. He was also an assistant football coach at Michigan from 1897 to 1898. He worked for the George A. Fuller Co. for 23 years and eventually became its president. He later formed his own construction company called the James Baird Company. Baird directed the construction of many important buildings, including the Flatiron Building, Lincoln Memorial, Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Early years Baird was born in Vanceburg, Kentucky and attended high schools in Chicago, Illinois and Ann Arbor, Michigan. His father, Lyman Beecher Baird (September 6, 1833 - October 24, 1907), was an Ohio native who worked as a farmer and merchant. In the 1880 United States Census, Lyman Baird was identified as a grocer in Vanceburg.Census entry for Lenion Bair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baird (footballer)
James Baird (born 25 May 1983) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He works as goalkeeper coach for the Trinidad and Tobago women's national team. Playing career After moving between a number of Scottish clubs, including Alloa Athletic, Faroese clubs and Trinidad and Tobago Professional Football League club Tobago United Tobago United Football Club was a football club from Trinidad and Tobago, that played in Professional Football League of Trinidad. The team's home stadium was Dwight Yorke Stadium, 3 km from Scarborough, Tobago's main town. History Ensuri .... He moved to Iceland in May 2017 to sign with Snæfell/UDN. Baird made four appearances for Scotland U17 in 2001 and 2002. Coaching career Baird trained with the British Virgin Islands national team and played for the under 23's in a small local tournament but after eligibility problems, decided against representing the senior side. There has been rumours of a return in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baird (industrialist)
James Baird (1802 in Old Monkland, Lanarkshire – 1876 in Cambusdoon) was a Scottish industrialist. He was the founder of the Baird Trust. Life He was born in the run-down farm of Kirkwood, near Old Monklands. He was the fourth of the eight sons (and two daughters) of Alexander Baird and Jean Moffat. After a farming beginning, he was inspired by the industrial revolution to begin to sink mine-shafts on the farm to dig for coal. At this stage, the company of William Baird & Co was formed. The family later set up the huge ironworks, Bairds of Gartsherrie. James focussed upon the iron processing industry. Despite claims that it might damage the furnaces, from 1837 all furnaces were turned off on Sundays. This meant not only that it was a day of rest, but the whole atmosphere literally changed in the towns and villages. By 1864, he had grown his blast furnaces to nearly fifty, producing 300,000 tons of iron annually, and employing 10,000 people. Throughout his life, he acquir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baird (merchant)
James Baird (30 November 1828 – 30 May 1915) was Scottish born and came to Newfoundland at 16 and soon established himself as a prominent merchant. Baird, a brother, and later a nephew built up a business which included a large array of general merchandise and eventually branched into the fishery supply business. He was an early steam yacht owner: GRIFFIN was built in 1865 for him by Aitken & Mansel, Whiteinch, Glasgow, Scotland. By the mid-1880s, they had entered the fish export trade and survived both the St. John's fire in 1892 and the banking collapse a few years later. He was highly important in the founding and supporting of many industries. Baird, despite his high profile and important business career, is best known in Newfoundland history for the famous ''Baird et al. v. Walker'' case. It was a dispute over the location and operation of a lobster factory on land deemed to be assigned to the French. Baird won a settlement in the Supreme Court of Newfoundland. In 1898 he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Baird (trade Unionist)
James Baird (1878–1948) was a trade unionist and politician in Northern Ireland, born at County Tyrone in 1878 according to the 1901 census, Ireland. A Presbyterian and Rechabite, and an opponent of the partition of Ireland, Baird joined the Independent Labour Party. He was also active in the Boilermakers' Society, and was prominent in the Belfast strike, 1919. In 1920, he was elected to Belfast Corporation, representing the Belfast Labour Party. Michael Farrell, ''Northern Ireland: The Orange State'' Baird was expelled from the Harland and Wolff shipyard where he worked on account of his politics, alongside labour activists Sam Kyle, John Hanna and Charles McKay, and a substantial number of Roman Catholics.Paddy Devlin, ''Yes, We Have No Bananas: Outdoor Relief in Belfast, 1920-39'' He stood for the Belfast Labour Party in Belfast South at the 1921 Northern Ireland general election The 1921 Northern Ireland general election was held on Tuesday, 24 May 1921. It was the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Bryson Baird
James Bryson Baird (March 6, 1859 – November 6, 1939) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1907 to 1922, and was Speaker of the Assembly from 1916 to 1922. Baird was a member of the Liberal Party. Baird was born in Appleton, Canada West (now Ontario), and educated at Appleton Public School. He later moved to Manitoba, and worked as a merchant and cattle dealer. He was elected as the first mayor of Pilot Mound, Manitoba, and served three successive terms without opposition. He was also a postmaster and president of the local Board of Trade, and served eight years as chairman of the public school board. He first ran for the Manitoba legislature in a by-election held on April 27, 1905, to replace former Liberal leader Thomas Greenway in the Mountain constituency. He lost to Conservative Daniel A. McIntyre by 146 votes. Baird ran again in the 1907 provincial election, and defeated McIntyre by 433 votes. Rodmond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Baird (American Football)
James Andrew Baird was a college football player. University of North Carolina He was a prominent tackle for the North Carolina Tar Heels football team of the University of North Carolina. 1895 In 1895 Events January–March * January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island. * January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ..., Baird was selected All-Southern. References American football tackles All-Southern college football players North Carolina Tar Heels football players 19th-century players of American football {{collegefootball-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Baird (Australian Footballer)
James George Baird (9 November 1920 – 4 November 2003) was an Australian rules footballer, cricketer and sprinter from Melbourne, Victoria. Football Baird came up playing football with Carlton-based junior team Princes Hill, before being invited to join the Carlton Football Club in the Victorian Football League in 1937. He made his senior debut in Round 1, 1941. At 5'10" height and one of the fastest sprinters in the league, Baird was suited to many positions. He started the 1943 season in strong form at full-forward, and kicked a career high ten goals against eventual premier Richmond in Round 1 of the season. Three weeks into the 1943 season, he injured his knee; he played two late season games in 1943 with a leather guard on his leg, and much of the 1943/44 cricket season, but the injury continued to trouble him and he missed full 1944 and 1944/45 seasons of both sports before eventually having surgery to remove cartilage from his knee. Despite this, he lost none of his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Baird (politician)
James Richard Baird (born June 4, 1945) is an American businessman and politician who serves as the U.S. representative from Indiana's . Before being elected to Congress, Baird served from 2010 to 2018 as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives and as a Putnam County commissioner from 2006 to 2010. A Vietnam veteran, Baird was elected to Congress on November 6, 2018. Career Baird ran for Putnam County commissioner in 2006 and defeated the incumbent, Dennis O'Hair, in the primary. He represented Marion Township, Greencastle Township, Madison Township, and Clinton Township. He served as commissioner for the second district until his election to the State House in 2010. He was succeeded by Nancy Fogle. The American Conservative Union gave him a lifetime legislative evaluation of 82% in 2017. Military service Baird served in the ROTC at Purdue University from 1963 to 1965. He attended the Officer Candidate School Class 2–70 at Fort Benning and Jungle Warfare Sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
