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{{Short description|British Indian Army general (1877–1963)}}
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[[General (United Kingdom)|General]] '''Sir Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|KCB|CMG|CIE|DSO}} (4 April 1877 – 2 July 1963) was a British officer in the [[British Indian Army]].<ref name="times">{{cite news |title= Obituary: Gen. Sir Douglas Baird |work=[[The Times]] |date= 3 July 1963|page=12 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Baird was born in [[Kensington]], London, the son of Scottish Colonel [[Andrew Wilson Baird]] and Margaret Elizabeth Davidson. He was educated at [[Clifton College]] and the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]].<ref name="times"/>

==Military career==
Baird was commissioned on the unattached list of the [[Indian Army]] on 20 January 1897.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26815|page=342|date=19 January 1897}}</ref> He served on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]] in [[World War I]] becoming commanding officer of the 1st/8th Battalion the [[Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders]] in 1916 and then as a General Staff Officer first with [[51st (Highland) Division]] and then with the [[Cavalry Corps (United Kingdom)|Cavalry Corps]] before becoming commander of 75th Infantry Brigade in 1918.<ref name=dk>[http://www.generals.dk/general/Baird/Sir_Harry_Beauchamp_Douglas/Great_Britain.html Generals.dk]</ref>

After the War Baird became a General Staff Officer at [[4th Infantry Division (India)|4th Indian Infantry Division]] in India, Brigadier-General on the General Staff with the Baluchistan Force and then commanding officer of the [[28th Punjabis]].<ref name=dk/> He then became Commander of the [[Zhob Brigade]] in November 1920, Colonel on the Staff at [[India Command|Army Headquarters, India]] in 1923 and Commandant of the [[Senior Officers' School, Belgaum]] in 1924.<ref name=dk/>

Baird went on to be Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General in India in July 1929 and General Officer Commanding the [[Kohat District]] in December 1930.<ref name=commands>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf Army Commands] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150705211343/http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Army%20Commands%201900-2011.pdf |date=July 5, 2015 }}</ref> Then he became General Officer Commanding the [[Pune district|Deccan District]] in 1932 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief [[Eastern Command (India)|Eastern Command]] in April 1936 before retiring in April 1940.<ref name=commands/>

==References==
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==Bibliography==
*{{cite book| first=Nick| last=Smart| title=Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War| isbn=1844150496| year=2005| location=Barnesley| publisher=Pen & Sword}}

==External links==
*[https://generals.dk/general/Baird/Harry_Beauchamp_Douglas/Great_Britain.html Generals of World War II]

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