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See also:BAIRD, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
JAMES (1802—1876) Scottish See also:iron-See also:master, was See also:born at Kirkwood, See also:Lanarkshire, on the 5th of See also:December 18oz, the son of a See also:coal-master. In 1826 his See also:father, two See also:brothers and himself leased coalfields at Gartsherrie and in the vicinity, and in 1828 iron mines near by, and in 1830 built blast furnaces. In this See also:year the father retired, the See also:firm of See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Baird & Co. was organized, and James Baird assumed active See also:control. His improvements in machinery largely increased the output of his furnaces, which by '864 had grown in number to nearly fifty, producing 300,000 tons annually and employing Io,000 hands. The brothers became See also:great See also:land-owners, and James was M.P. for the See also:Falkirk burghs in 1851-185 2 and 1852—1857. He died at his See also:estate near See also:Ayr on the aoth of See also:June 1876, leaving See also:property valued at three million pounds. He had been during his See also:life a great public benefactor, See also:founding See also:schools and the Baird Lectures (1871) for the See also:defence of orthodox See also:theology, and in 1873 the Baird See also:Trust of £500,000 to enable the Established See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church of See also:Scotland to See also:cope with the spiritual needs of the masses: He was twice married but See also:left no See also:children.
End of Article: BAIRD, JAMES (1802—1876)
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