 The Baird Baronetcy, of Newbyth in the County of Haddington, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 13 April 1809 for the soldier David Baird, grandson of William Baird, a younger son of Sir Robert Baird, 1st Baronet, of Sauchtonhall.His father William Baird had inherited the Newbyth estate in 1745 on the death of Sir John Baird, 3rd Baronet, of the 1660 and 1680 creations.The baronetcy was created with remainder to Baird's elder brother Robert Baird and the heirs male of his body.