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.

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

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.

* Melvin Laird, U. S. House of Representatives ( 1952-1969 ), Secretary of Defense ( 1969-1973 )

Just outside Montrose is the 18th Century House of Dun, designed by the Scottish architect William Adam and built in 1730 for David Erskine, 13th Laird of Dun.

Obey was elected to the House to replace eight-term incumbent Republican Melvin R. Laird, who was appointed Secretary of Defense under President Richard Nixon.

Following the defeat of the Laurier government in the 1911 election, the new Conservative Prime Minister, Robert Laird Borden, nominated Sproule to the position of Speaker of the House of Commons.

Rachel Marilyn Laird Lloyd ( born January 3, 1929 ) is a Tennessee businesswoman and 10-term member of the United States House of Representatives ( 1975 – 95 ).

Near the village ( Auchinleck Estate ) is Auchinleck House, past home of the lawyer, diarist and biographer James Boswell, 9th Laird of Auchinleck.

The " new " Auchinleck House was built circa 1760 by Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, 8th Laird of Auchinleck.

During the Second World War, the then Laird of Auchinleck gave permission for Officers from the armies of Poland, Canada and France to live in Auchinleck House.

In 2003, Lord Laird asked in the House of Lords why a recent press release by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland had listed grants for " Derry City " rather than " Londonderry City "; he was told the heading should have been " Derry City Council area ".

Duncan and Laird Archie MacDonald were unable to defuse it, so the house was evacuated and the bomb blew up a section of Glenbogle House.

* Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Return of the Shredder by Peter Laird, Kevin Eastman ( 1990 ); Random House Children's Books ; ISBN 0-679-80686-5.

In 1973, then-Associate Justice Rehnquist wrote a lengthy in-chambers opinion declining to recuse himself in Laird v. Tatum, a case challenging the validity of certain arrests, even though Rehnquist had previously served as a White House lawyer who had opined that the arrest program was valid.

He was the 8th Laird of Merchistoun.

William A. Everett and Paul R. Laird wrote that this was a " show, that, like ' Show Boat ', became a milestone, so that later historians writing about important moments in twentieth-century theatre would begin to identify eras according to their relationship to ' Oklahoma.

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.

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.

First transcribed by John P. Harrington and Carobeth Laird in the early 20th Century, it was studied in the 1970s by linguist Margaret L. Press.

The most comprehensive collection of Chemehuevi history, culture and mythology was gathered by Carobeth Laird ( 1895 – 1983 ) and her second husband, George Laird, one of the last Chemehuevi to have been raised in the traditional culture.

Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck, 8th Laird of Auchinleck ( 1706 – 1782 ) was a judge of the supreme courts of Scotland.

This leniency was protested by Melvin Laird, the Secretary of Defense.

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 the grandson of William D. Connor, the Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin from 1907 to 1909.

In the 1964 Republican presidential primaries, Laird was an " unannounced " supporter of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, and chaired the Platform Committee at that year's Republican convention, at which Goldwater was nominated.

Laird was reportedly the elder statesman chosen by the Republicans to convince Vice President Spiro Agnew to resign his position after Agnew's personal corruption became a public scandal.

Although, as time was to demonstrate, South Vietnam was not really capable of defending its independence, Laird retired from office satisfied that he had accomplished his major objective, the disengagement of United States combat forces from Vietnam.

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

Although not a close confidant of the president and not the dominant presence that McNamara was, Laird had been an influential secretary.

Following Richard Nixon's resignation as President, Laird was reported to be the first choice of successor Gerald Ford to be nominated Vice President, a position ultimately filled by Nelson Rockefeller.

Policy changed under the Nixon administration, when mistreatment of the prisoners was publicized by U. S. Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird and others.

John Laird started the first lumber mill in 1855 ; he later was joined by his cousins James and Matthew Norton in founding the Laird-Norton Co.

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.

Laird developed the Centaur, which was half Land Rover and half light tank.

Birkenhead was probably named after the town of the same name across the River Mersey from the city of Liverpool, developed during the middle of the 19th century by ship builder " John Laird ".

As described above, the basis of the modern dance was laid down in the 1950s by Pierre & Lavelle and developed in the 1960s by Walter Laird and other top competitors of the time.

* Soar, developed under Allen Newell and John Laird at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan.

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.

The company recently announced a partnership with Creative Nation, the Nashville based music management and publishing company owned by songwriter Luke Laird and his with Beth Laird.

The college is now undergoing a tremendous makeover, with more dorms being constructed, a new and completed student union plaza, a new basketball arena, and the recently renovated Paul Laird football field.