Caird Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Caird, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Both creations are extinct.
The Caird Baronetcy, of Belmont Castle in the County of Perth, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 February 1913 for the Scottish jute
baron and mathematician James Key Caird. He was the wife of Sophy Gray
. The title became extinct on his death in 1916.
The Caird Baronetcy, of Glenfarquhar in the County of Kincardine, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 January 1928 for the Scottish shipowner James Caird. He was offered a peerage in 1937 but refused. The title became extinct on his death in 1954.
The Caird Baronetcy, of Belmont Castle in the County of Perth, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 8 February 1913 for the Scottish jute
Jutes
The Jutes, Iuti, or Iutæ were a Germanic people who, according to Bede, were one of the three most powerful Germanic peoples of their time, the other two being the Saxons and the Angles...
baron and mathematician James Key Caird. He was the wife of Sophy Gray
Sophy Gray (Pre-Raphaelite muse)
Sophia Margaret Gray , later Sophy Caird, was a Scottish-born model for her brother-in-law, the pre-Raphaelite painter, John Everett Millais. She was the younger sister of Euphemia Gray, who married Millais in 1855 after the annulment of her marriage to John Ruskin.-Background:Sophy Gray was born...
. The title became extinct on his death in 1916.
The Caird Baronetcy, of Glenfarquhar in the County of Kincardine, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 26 January 1928 for the Scottish shipowner James Caird. He was offered a peerage in 1937 but refused. The title became extinct on his death in 1954.