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FAMILY CREST:
BAIRD

The crest of Baird families:
Sir David, Baronet, of Newbyth, East Lothian
Sir William James Gardiner, Baronet., of Saughton Hall, co. Edinburgh, Scotland
Sir John Kennedy, of 31, Cadogan Place, London
The Latin motto is "Vi et virtute" (By strength and valour).
The crest is described as "a boar's head erased".
The crest has been found on an unmarked Old Sheffield Plate claret jug.

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family crest: BAIRD















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