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BAIRD, SIR DAVID (1757—1829)

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DAVID
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DAVID (1757—1829) , See also:

BRITISH

British See also:

general, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Newbyth in See also:

ABERDEENSHIRE

Aberdeenshire in See also:

DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1757. He entered the British See also:

army in 1773, and was sent to See also:

India in 1779 with the 73rd (afterwards 71st) Highlanders, in which he was a See also:

CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain. Immediately on his arrival, Baird was attached to the force commanded by Sir See also:

HECTOR

Hector See also:

Munro, which was sent forward to assist the detachment of See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

Baillie, threatened by Hyder See also:

Ali. In the See also:

ACTION

action which followed the whole force was destroyed, and Baird, severely wounded, See also:

fell into the hands of the See also:

MYSORE

Mysore See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief. The prisoners, who were most barbarously treated, remained See also:

CAPTIVE (from Lat. capere, to take)

captive for over four years. Baird's See also:

MOTHER

mother, on See also:

HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing that her son and other prisoners were in fetters, is said to have remarked, " See also:

God help the chiel chained to oor Davie." The See also:

BULLET (Fr. boulet, diminutive of boule, ball)

bullet was not extracted from Baird's See also:

WOUND (O. Eng. wund,connected with a Teutonic verb, meaning to strive, fight, suffer, seen in O. Eng. winnan, whence Eng. " win ")

wound until his See also:

RELEASE (O.Fr. reles, variant of relais, from relaisser, to release, let go, Lat. relaxare)

release. He became See also:

major in 1787, visited See also:

England in 1789, and See also:

PURCHASED

purchased a See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-colonelcy in 1790, returning to India in the following See also:

YEAR

year. He held a See also:

BRIGADE (Fr. and Ger. brigade, Ital. brigata, Span. brigada; the English use of the word dates from the early 17th century)

brigade command in the See also:

war against Tippoo, and served under See also:

Cornwallis in the See also:

SERINGAPATAM, or SRIRANGAPATANA

Seringapatam operations of 1792, being promoted colonel in 1795. Baird served also at the Cape of See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

Good See also:

Hope as a brigadier-general, and he returned to India as a major-general in 1798. In the last war against Tippoo in 1799 Baird was appointed to the See also:

SENIOR, NASSAU WILLIAM (1790-1864)

senior brigade command in the army. At the successful assaultof Seringapatam Baird led the storming party, and was soon a See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master of the stronghold in which he had See also:

long been a prisoner. He had been disappointed that the command of the large contingent of the See also:

NIZAM

nizam was given to Colonel See also:

Arthur See also:

Wellesley; and when after the See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of the fortress the same officer obtained the governorship, Baird judged himself to have been treated with injustice and disrespect.

He afterwards received the thanks of See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament and of the See also:

East India See also:

COMPANY

Company for his gallant bearing on that important See also:

day, and a See also:

PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension was offered to him by the Company, which he declined, apparently from the hope of receiving the See also:

order of the See also:

Bath from the See also:

government. General Baird commanded the See also:

INDIAN

Indian army which was sent in 18o1 to co-operate with See also:

Abercromby in the See also:

EXPULSION (Lat. expulsio, from expellere)

expulsion of the See also:

French from See also:

EGYPT

Egypt. Wellesley was appointed second in command, but owing to See also:

ill-See also:

HEALTH

health did not accompany the expedition. Baird landed at Kosseir, conducted his army across the See also:

DESERT

desert to See also:

KENA, or KENEH (sometimes written Qina)

Kena on the See also:

Nile, and thence to See also:

Cairo. He arrived before See also:

Alexandria in See also:

time for the final operations. On his return to India in 1802, he was employed against Sindhia, but being irritated at another See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment given to Wellesley he relinquished his command and returned to See also:

EUROPE

Europe. In 1804 he was knighted, and in 18o5—18o6, being by now a lieutenant-general, he commanded the expedition against the Cape of Good Hope with See also:

COMPLETE

complete success, capturing Cape See also:

TOWN

Town and forcing the Dutch general See also:

Janssens to surrender. But here again his usual ill See also:

LUCK

luck attended him. See also:

COMMODORE (a form of " commander"; in the 17th century the term " commandore " is used)

Commodore Sir See also:

Home See also:

Popham persuaded Sir David to lend him troops for an expedition against Buenos Aires; the successive- failures of operations against this See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place involved the recall of Baird, though on his return home he was quickly re-employed as a divisional general in the See also:

COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen expedition of 1807. During the See also:

BOMBARDMENT

bombardment of Copenhagen Baird was wounded. Shortly after his return, he was sent out to the See also:

PENINSULAR

Peninsular War in command of a considerable forcewhich was sent to See also:

Spain to co-operate with Sir See also:

John See also:

Moore, to whom he was appointed second in command. It was Baird's misfortune that he was junior by a few days both to Moore and to See also:

Lord See also:

CAVAN

Cavan, under whom he had served at Alexandria, and thus never had an opportunity of a Chief command in the See also:

field.

At the See also:

BATTLE

battle of See also:

Corunna he succeeded to the supreme command after Moore's fall, but shortly afterwards his See also:

LEFT

left See also:

ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm was shattered, and the command passed to Sir John Hope. He again obtained the thanks of parliament for his gallant services, and was made a K.B. and a See also:

BARONET

baronet. Sir David married See also:

MISS

Miss See also:

Campbell-See also:

Preston, a See also:

PERTHSHIRE

Perthshire heiress, in 1810. He was not employed again in the field, and See also:

PERSONAL

personal and See also:

POLITICAL

political enmities caused him to be neglected and repeatedly passed over. He was not given the full See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of general until 1814, and his See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-See also:

SHIP

ship of See also:

KINSALE

Kinsale was given five years later. In 1820. he was appointed See also:

COMMANDER

commander-in-chief in See also:

Ireland, but the command was soon reduced, and he resigned in 1822. He died on the 18th of See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1829. See See also:

Theodore See also:

Hook's L, fe of Sir David Baird.

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