BAIRD, William (elder brother of James Baird). b. 1796; senior partner in Gartsherrie iron works; M.P. for Falkirk 1841–45; bought estate of Elie, Fifeshire for £145,000. d. Edinburgh 8 March 1864, leaving a fortune of £2,000,000 sterling.
BAIRD, William (younger brother of Rev. John Baird). b. the Manse of Eccles Berwickshire 1803; ed. at Edin. Dublin and Paris; surgeon H.E.I. Co’s. navy 1823–33; practised in London 1833–41; assistant in Zoological department of the British Museum Sep. 1841 to death; F.R.S. 6 June 1867; author of The natural history of the British Entomostraca published by Ray Society 1850; Cyclopædia of natural sciences 1858. d. 38 Burlington road, Westbourne park 27 Jany. 1872.
BAIRD, Rev. William. Ed. at Linc. coll. Ox., B.A. 1859, M.A. 1861; V. of St. Barnabas, Homerton 1870 to death; author of Hallowing of our common life, sermons 1867, 3 ed. 1874; Inheritance of our fathers, the book of common prayer 1868; Days that are past, early church history 1870. d. Coleshill st. Eaton sq. London 5 Dec. 1875.
BAKER, Anne Elizabeth. b. 16 June 1786; wrote the geological and botanical part of her brother George Baker’s History and antiquities of Northamptonshire; author of Glossary of Northamptonshire words and phrases 2 vols. 1854. d. Gold st. Northampton 22 April 1861.
BAKER, Anthony St. John. Consul general in the U.S. of America 6 Jany. 1816 to 5 Jany. 1832 when office abolished. d. Mount Calverley lodge, Tunbridge Wells 16 May 1854.
BAKER, B. B. Director of the college at Corfu; professor of English literature in the Ionian University. d. Malta 20 Feb. 1868.
BAKER, Rev. David Bristow. Ed. at St. John’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1829, M.A. 1832; Inc. of Claygate, Surrey 1841–52; author of A treatise on the nature of doubt in religious questions [by D.B.B.] 1831; Discourses and Sacramental addresses to a village congregation 1832. d. Parliament st. Westminster 24 July 1852 aged 49.
BAKER, D. S. Deaf and dumb heraldic artist; drew for many years the arms for the obituary notices in the Illustrated London News; painted heraldic paintings on panels and doors of state carriage of Lord Mayor of London. d. 1 Sep. 1877 aged 53.
BAKER, Sir Edward Baker, 2 Baronet. b. Dublin 4 Nov. 1806; ed. at Ch. Ch. Ox.; succeeded 4 March 1825. d. 51 Upper Brook st. London 29 March 1877.
BAKER, Rev. Franklin. b. Birmingham 1801; M.A. Univ. of Glasgow; minister of Presbyterian chapel Bolton 14 Dec. 1823; ordained 23 Sep. 1824; author of The rise and progress of Nonconformity in Bolton 1854. d. Birmingham 25 May 1867.