Sir John Aird, 1st Baronet

1833 - 1911  (77 years)

• Name	John Aird
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	1st Baronet
  Born	3 Dec 1833	Greenwich, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	14 Hyde Park Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, Middlesex, England
  	Contractor Public Works Builder
  History	Between 1898 and 10 Dec 1902	Aswan Dam, Aswan, Egypt
  	Under John Aird (Jnr)'s leadership the company John Aird & Co. became internationally famous as the main contractor building the first Aswan Dam.
  Achievement	Between 1900 and 1902	Paddington, Middlesex, England
  	Appointed the first mayor of the newly-created London Borough of Paddington, and was re-elected in the following year. To commemorate his retirement in 1902 he was presented with his portrait painted by Sidney Edward Paget (b. 4 Oct 1860, 60 Pentonville Road, London d. 28 Jan 1908). Paget had created the original and influential illustrations for Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories in The Strand Magazine. The portrait of Sir John Aird is said to be familiar to the character of Duke of Holdernesse. Doyle's story "The Adventure of the Priory School" was published in The Strand Magazine in Feb 1904, not long after Sir John's retirement as Mayor and Paget's portrait of him. Arrangements can be made to view Paget's portrait of Sir John Aird when visiting the Sherlock Holmes Collection at Marylebone Library.
  Residence	1908	Wilton Park (Whilton, Whelton Park), Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
  	Aird suffered a stroke in 1908, prompting his retirement to Wilton Park, Beaconsfield
  Died	6 Jan 1911	Wilton Park (Whilton, Whelton Park), Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
  Buried	St. Anne's Churchyard, Dropmore Park, Littleworth Common, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England
  Person ID	I7739595278	Red1st
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	John Aird,   b. 1800,   d. 1876  (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Agnes,   d. 29 Jul 1869
  Family ID	F1944359698	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Smith,   b. 17 Jul 1834, Bure Style, Greenwich, Kent, England ,   d. 4 Apr 1909  (Age 74 years)
  Married	6 Sep 1855	Lewisham, Kent, England   [1]
  Children	1. Jessie Aird,   b. Abt 1859, Lee, Grove Park, Kent, England   2. John Aird,   b. Abt 1861, Lee, Grove Park, Kent, England   3. Kate Aird,   b. Abt 1863, Lee, Grove Park, Kent, England   4. Ada E Aird,   b. Abt 1866, Lewisham, Kent, England   5. Vida Aird,   b. Abt 1868, Lewisham, Kent, England   6. Malcolm R Aird,   b. Abt 1872, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England   7. Gertrude Aird,   b. Dec 1873, Hyde Park, Paddington, Middlesex, England ,   d. 1942  (Age ~ 68 years)   8. Dorothy Aird,   b. Abt 1876, Hyde Park, Paddington, Middlesex, England
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2011 18:05:18
  Family ID	F1944337306	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Dec 1833 - Greenwich, Kent, England Married - 6 Sep 1855 - Lewisham, Kent, England Residence - 1881 - 14 Hyde Park Terrace, Hyde Park, Paddington, Middlesex, England History - Between 1898 and 10 Dec 1902 - Aswan Dam, Aswan, Egypt Achievement - Between 1900 and 1902 - Paddington, Middlesex, England Residence - 1908 - Wilton Park (Whilton, Whelton Park), Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England Died - 6 Jan 1911 - Wilton Park (Whilton, Whelton Park), Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England Buried - - St. Anne's Churchyard, Dropmore Park, Littleworth Common, Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  Sir John and Lady Sarah Aird, 1st Baronet

  
  

• Sources

  [S-64429076157] Free BMD England & Wales, FreeBMD, (Free BMD. England & Wales, Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: Microfilm and microfiche of the England and Wales, Civil Registration Indexes created by the General Register Office, in London).