 Gascoigne Baird came to be known as Charles Baird, perhaps to avoid confusion with Charles Gascoigne, and had his change of name to Charles Baird officially sanctioned by the church authorities in Scotland in February 1792.In 1792, Baird entered into partnership with Francis Morgan, whose daughter Sophia he had married in June 1794.Their St. Petersburg business became known as the Baird Works () and specialised in steam-driven machinery.