F.S.A. Scot. William Baird

William Baird is credited in historical records and library catalogs as William Baird, F.S.A. Scot., indicating he was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. The surviving bibliographic record shows him writing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with known works including Annals of Duddingston and Portobello (1898) and General Wauchope (1900/1901).

His writing suggests a strong interest in Scottish history, especially the history of communities, notable figures, and local tradition. Annals of Duddingston and Portobello is a substantial history of those areas near Edinburgh, while General Wauchope is a full-length life of Major-General Andrew Gilbert Wauchope.

Very little easy-to-verify biographical information about Baird himself appears in the sources I could confirm, so it is safest to remember him through his work: a careful antiquarian writer whose books helped record Scottish places and personalities for later readers.