Henry Hume Chisholm Baird DSO (13 April 1878 – 22 February 1950) was a Welsh cricketer and British Army officer.
Entering into the East Kent Regiment from Sandhurst, Baird served in the Second Boer War with distinction, earning the Distinguished Service Order.
[1] From Cheltenham he attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst,[1] graduating into the Buffs (East Kent Regiment) as a second lieutenant in September 1897.
[1][4] He was present at the Relief of Kimberley in February 1900, soon after he took part in battle at Paardeberg and Poplar Gove, and the actions that immediately followed at Driefontein.
[7] Baird stayed in South Africa until after the end of the Second Boer War, and only in November 1902 left Port Natal on the SS Ortona bound for Rangoon, British India.