Robert Hugh Hanley Baird

Sir Robert Hugh Hanley Baird KBE (1855–1934) was a newspaper proprietor from Northern Ireland. He was born in Belfast and educated at Model School and Royal Belfast Academical Institution. In 1869, he entered the firm of W. & G. Baird, Arthur Street, Belfast, and was present at the first publication of The Telegraph, on 1 September 1870. Baird served as managing director of W & G Baird from 1886 until his death in 1934. He founded and owned a series of newspapers, including: the Belfast Weekly Telegraph (1873), Ballymena Weekly Telegraph (1887), Ireland's Saturday Night (1894), Belfast Telegraph (1904), Irish Daily Telegraph (1904) and The Larne Times (1891).

Baird was a lifelong member and supporter of St George's Church, Belfast. He died in 1934 and is buried in Belfast City Cemetery.[1] After his death a stained glass window by Clokey & Co. in Belfast was erected in his memory by the parishioners of his church, depicting the Good Samaritan.[2]

Offices Held

  • President, Master Printers' Federation of Great Britain and Ireland, 1910
  • President, Irish Newspaper Society, 1913–1925
  • Chairman, Ulster District, Institute of Journalists, 1916 and Fellow of the Institute
  • Chairman, Belfast District, Newspaper Press Fund, 1910–1934
  • Irish Representative, Admiralty, War Office and Press Committee 1916-1934
  • Member Advisory Trade Committee of Paper Commission
  • Freeman, City of London and Member of Worshipful Company of Stationers (1921–1934)
  • Member of Senate of Queen's University, Belfast (1929–1934).[3]

Arms

Coat of arms of Robert Hugh Hanley Baird
Notes
Granted 1 December 1924 by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms.[4]
Crest
On a wreath of the colours a griffin's head erased Proper langued Argent.
Escutcheon
Per chevron Ermine and Gules in base a boar passant Or on a chief Azure a star of six points Argent between two griffins' heads erased Proper.
Motto
Dominus Fecit

References

  1. ^ "Belfast City Cemetery". 12 September 2010 – via YouTube.
  2. ^ Walker, Brian M. (2016). A History of St George's Church Belfast – Two Centuries of Faith, Worship and Music. Belfast: Ulster Historical Foundation. pp. 103, 116. ISBN 978-1-909556-53-9.
  3. ^ A Dictionary of Irish History, D.J.Hickey & J.E.Doherty, Gill and Macmillan, Dublin, 1980. Pp. page 21. ISBN 0-7171-1567-4
  4. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M". National Library of Ireland. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.