Sir George John Aird, 4th Baronet (born 30 January 1940) is a British baronet

Baronet

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. He is the son of Sir John Renton Aird, 3rd Baronet and Lady Priscilla Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby. He is usually called by his middle name John.

Educated at Eton College

Eton College

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, he was Page of Honour

Page of Honour

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 to The Queen

Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom

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 from 1955 to 1957. Later in his life, he studied at Harvard University

Harvard University

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 from which he graduated with a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Master of Business Administration

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. In 1966 he was registered as a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers (M.I.C.E.)

Institution of Civil Engineers

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He was chairman and managing director of Sir John Aird and Company Limited

John Aird & Co.

John Aird & Co. was once a leading British civil engineering business based in London.-Early history:The company was founded in 1848 by John Aird with the objective of laying mains for gas and water companies in London....

 from 1969 to 1996. In 1981 he was chairman of Matcon.

On his father's death on 20 November 1973, he succeeded him as 4th Baronet

Aird Baronets

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. His mother died in December 2002.

On 31 August 1968, he married Margaret Elizabeth Muir (b. 1946), daughter of the 3rd Baronet Muir

Muir Baronets

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. They have three children:

• Rebecca Aird (b. 22 July 1970)
• Belinda Elizabeth Aird (b. 14 May 1972)
• James John Aird, Esq. (b. 12 June 1978)

Sir John is co-heir presumptive of the barony of Willoughby de Eresby

Baron Willoughby de Eresby

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, his mother being an aunt of the present Baroness

Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby

Nancy Jane Marie Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby PC is the daughter of the late Gilbert James Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby, 3rd Earl of Ancaster and Nancy née Astor....

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