Baird baronets of Saughtonhall (1695)

The Baird baronetcy of Saughtonhall (also Saughton Hall or Sauchtonhall) in the County of Edinburgh, was created in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia on 28 February 1695 for Robert Baird (1630–1697), a merchant in Edinburgh, and a partner in both the Leith Sugar House and the Carolina Society.

[1][2] David Baird, 4th Baronet, died from wounds received at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745.

His brother William Baird, 5th Baronet, was a captain in the Royal Navy, and married Frances, daughter of Colonel James Gardiner.

Both baronetcies are descended from Andrew Baird who acquired lands of Auchmedden, Aberdeenshire, in 1534.

At its extinction in 1745, Saughtonhall rose from junior to senior cadet branch of Baird.

Arms of Saughton Hall: Gules a Sanglier passant Or on a Canton Ermine a Sword paleways proper; Crest: A Boar's Head erased Or: Motto: Vi et virtute (By strength and valour)
Coat of arms for Sir James Gardiner Baird, 7th Bt. of Saughtonhall impaling the Arms of Wauchope of Edmondstone to honour his wife — Grange Cemetery, Edinburgh