Laird Cottage in 2011, built in 1870.

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 '.

' Laird ' is a hereditary title for the owner of a landed estate in the United Kingdom and is a title of gentry.

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 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.

British Shipbuilders was a combination of the major shipbuilding companies including Cammell Laird, Govan Shipbuilders, Swan Hunter, and Yarrow Shipbuilders ; the nationalisation of the coal mines in 1947 created a coal board charged with running the coal industry commercially so as to be able to meet the interest payable on the bonds which the former mine owners ' shares had been converted into.

1929 saw the merger of the acquired railway business with those of Cammell Laird to form Metropolitan Cammell Carriage and Wagon ( MCCW ); Metro Cammell.

After discovering a grave bearing Rowan Morrison's name, Howie's search eventually brings him into contact with the island's community leader, Laird ( Lord ) Summerisle, who explains to Howie the island's recent history and culture.

The concept arose from a humorous drawing sketched out by Kevin Eastman during a casual evening of brainstorming with his friend Peter Laird.

The Scots have a similar dish to trifle, Tipsy Laird, made with Drambuie or whisky.

Brooke suffered a severe emotional crisis in 1912, caused by sexual confusion and jealousy, resulting in the breakdown of his long relationship with Ka Cox ( Katherine Laird Cox ).

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.

Laird with President Richard Nixon, under whom he served as Secretary of Defense.

Laird succeeded in improving DoD's standing with Congress.

Recognizing the congressional determination, with wide public support, to cut defense costs ( including winding down the Vietnam War ), Laird worked hard to prune budgetary requests before they went to Congress, and acceded to additional cuts when they could be absorbed without serious harm to national security.

" 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.

Laird ( left ) with one of his successors, Donald Rumsfeld, and biographer Dale Van Atta, 2001

In spite of Vietnam and the unfolding Watergate affair, which threatened to discredit the entire Nixon administration, Laird retired with his reputation intact.

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.

Although discontented with some of the scripts and creative choices of producer Jack Laird, Serling continued to submit his work and ultimately wrote over a third of the series ' scripts.

Principal photography began on July 7, 1981 with the bulk of the shooting done on soundstages of Laird International Studios in Culver City and three exterior locations shot in and around Los Angeles.

It began with a rural post office named Laird in August 1887.

The university is led by Chancellor David O. Belcher, the chief administrative officer, along with Provost Angela Laird Brenton and several advisory groups.

John McLaughlin formed a fusion band, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, with drummer Billy Cobham, violinist Jerry Goodman, bassist Rick Laird and keyboardist Jan Hammer.

* Laird of MacFarland with his Highlandmen

In 1637, the rafters over the choir were blown down and in 1640 the minister of St Giles along with the Laird of Innes and Alexander Brodie of Brodie, all ardent Covenanters, removed and destroyed the ornately carved screen and woodwork that had remained intact.

McLaughlin's 1970s electric band, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, included violinist Jerry Goodman, keyboardist Jan Hammer, bassist Rick Laird and drummer Billy Cobham and performed a technically difficult and complex style of music that fused electric jazz and rock with Eastern and Indian influences.

On September 24, Manor recommended approval of the October window to US Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, with October 21 as the primary execution date.