A constituent, James Stewart, once commented to a friend who wrote this letter, "... he ( Stewart ) had come mainly to see one Jardine, an enormous Laird from Applegarth Parish and China, and a very good man ; who is understood to be dangerously ill at present.

The current Laird of the Keir estate is his nephew Archie Stirling, a millionaire businessman and former Scots Guards officer.

The Scottish title Laird is a shortened form of ' laverd ' which is an old Scottish word deriving from an Anglo-Saxon term meaning ' Lord ' and is also derived from the middle English word ' Lard ' also meaning ' Lord '.

In different variations, Tam Lin is reportedly the grandson of The Laird of Roxburgh, the Laird of Foulis, the Earl of Forbes or the Earl of Murray.

Informally, when referring to a Scots feudal baron in the third person, the name Laird of is used or simply.

Melvin Robert " Bom " Laird ( born September 1, 1922 ) is an American politician and writer.

His niece is Jessica Laird Doyle, wife of former Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle.

Laird publicized Vietnamization widely ; in his final report as secretary of defense in early 1973, he stated: " Vietnamization ... today is virtually completed.

* Drum-Founded in 1893 by John W. Laird, Drum is located just south of the Route T and Route F intersection east of Glennon.

Laird Cottage is a restored 1870 residence with a mix of the Greek Revival and Italianate styles.

Laird Township is a civil township of Houghton County in the U. S. state of Michigan.

Neptune City also owns four parks, Memorial Park which is located along the Shark River, Laird Avenue Park, the first playground built in Neptune City, Joe Freda Park, which is located on Third Avenue, and Adams Field, which is located on West Sylvania Avenue.

It is said that " Manor " was added to the village's name after Law's friend Andrew Carnegie jokingly referred to Law as the " Laird of Briarcliff Manor " and the name stuck.

In addition to the time changes for the twelfth season, a new four-part story arc is introduced with MacMurray in a second role, that of his cousin, the Laird ( Lord ) Ferguson McBain Douglas of Sithian Bridge.

The screenplay by Laird Doyle is based on his story Hard Luck Dame.

Richard Quentin ' Rick ' Laird is a jazz musician, born on 5 February 1941.

Richard Laird, as he is known in the art world, recently ( March 2009 ) came across a collection of photographs in a file cabinet that he had taken in years past of legendary jazz artists but had mostly forgotten about.

She is married to a Scottish Laird, Gabriel MacBain, to escape England, but is harassed by both King John's barons and the English faction hoping to take down King John, each party unsure of how much she knows.

It was written by Laird Koenig, based on Koenig's 1974 novel of the same title ; Koenig also wrote a stage play based on his book.

The title of Laird may carry certain local or feudal rights, although unlike a Scottish Lordship of Parliament, a Lairdship has not always carried voting rights, either in the historic Parliament of Scotland or, after unification with the Kingdom of England, in the British House of Lords.

As a judge he took the courtesy title Lord Auchinleck from the name of his estate at Auchinleck House, of which he was the 8th Laird.

For much of the 20th century the name became Rhum, a spelling invented by the former owner, Sir George Bullough, because he did not relish the idea of having the title " Laird of Rum ".

Though signifying the same as Lord, the two terms are not interchangeable and Laird is not a title of nobility.

The designation of Laird is a ' corporeal hereditament ' ( an inheritable property that has an explicit tie to the physical land ), i. e. the title can not be held in gross, and cannot be bought and sold without selling the physical land.

In Scotland, whilst Esquire and Gentleman are technically correctly used at the Court of the Lord Lyon, the title Laird, in place of squire, is more common.

The village was renamed at the end of the 19th century by the then Laird Mr Andrew Usher, to its present title St. Abbs.

Though translated as Lord and historically signifying the same, Laird is not a title of nobility.

The Clan's authority resided intact at Mangerton in Liddesdale, a succession of Armstrongs retaining the title of the ' Laird of Mangerton ', until 1610 when Johnny Armstrong was ' put to the horn ' and hanged as a rebel.

The title " Sir B. McKenzie ’ s Daughter ’ s Lament For the 77th Mounted Lancer's Retreat From The Straits Of Loch Knombe, In The Year Of Our Lord 1727, On The Occasion Of The Announcement Of Her Marriage To The Laird Of Kinleakie " was the band's attempt to get into the Guinness Book of Records for the longest song title.

When a Chieftain or Laird required an animal to be slaughtered for meat ( whether sheep or cattle ) the workmen were allowed to keep the offal as their share.

* January 23 – Laird of Johnstone, George Ludovic Houston invites people to buy marked plots of land which, when built upon, form the planned town of Johnstone, Scotland, to provide employment for his thread and cotton mills.

Much of the Turtles ' mainstream success began when a licensing agent, Mark Freedman, sought out Eastman and Laird to propose wider merchandising opportunities for the offbeat property.

The next 42 days were spent at Laird International Studios in Culver City, for the interiors of Elliott's home.

To Preminger's dismay, he cast Laird Cregar, known for his portrayal of Jack the Ripper in The Lodger, in the key role of Lydecker.

Laird was instrumental in forming the administration's policy of withdrawing U. S. soldiers from the Vietnam War ; he invented the expression " Vietnamization ," referring to the process of transferring more responsibility for combat to the South Vietnamese forces.

Laird was re-elected eight consecutive times and he was chairman of the House Republican Conference when Nixon selected him for the cabinet.

While retaining decisionmaking functions for himself and the deputy secretary of defense, Laird somewhat decentralized policymaking and operations.

Laird noted this in his FY 1971 report, " Except for the major policy decisions, I am striving to decentralize decisionmaking as much as possible ...

Laird paid special attention to two important interdepartmental bodies: the Washington Special Action Group ( WSAG ), composed of senior Defense, State, and CIA officials, which gathered information necessary for presidential decisions on the crisis use of U. S. military forces ; and the Defense Program Review Committee ( DPRC ), which brought together representatives from many agencies, including DoD, State, the Council of Economic Advisers, and the Office of Management and Budget, to analyze defense budget issues as a basis for advising the president, placing, as Laird commented, " national security needs in proper relationship to non-defense requirements.

As a highly respected congressional veteran, Laird had a head start in his efforts to gain more legislative support for Defense programs.

Although not receptive to demands for immediate withdrawal, Laird acknowledged the necessity to disengage U. S. combat forces gradually.

" Laird supported the strategic arms talks leading to the SALT I agreements with the Soviet Union in 1972: a five-year moratorium against expansion of strategic nuclear delivery systems, and an antiballistic missile treaty limiting each side to two sites ( later cut to one ) for deployed ABM systems.

During his tenure as Defense Secretary, Laird did not share President Nixon's lingering timetable for withdrawal from Vietnam.

Laird wished to return to the political arena, and was said to be planning a run for president in 1976.

After a brief absence Laird returned to the Nixon administration in June 1973 as counselor to the president for domestic affairs, concerning himself mainly with legislative issues.

In February 1974, as the Watergate crisis in the White House deepened, Laird resigned to become senior counselor for national and international affairs for Reader's Digest.

* William Laird Smith ( 1869 – 1942 ), Australian representative for Denison, 1910 – 1922 and Minister for the Navy, 1920 – 1921

Under the management of Arthur and Frank Laird during the subsequent period, Willandra became a renowned sheep property, winning many prizes for the quality of its Merino flock.