| Sir Douglas Baird | |
| Birth Date: | 4 April 1877 |
| Birth Place: | Kensington, London |
| Death Place: | Elgin, Moray, Scotland |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Serviceyears: | 1897–1940 |
| Rank: | General |
| Commands: | 1/8th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders 75th Brigade 28th Punjabis Zhob Brigade Senior Officers' School, Belgaum Kohat District Deccan District Eastern Command, India |
| Battles: | World War I World War II |
| Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Companion of the Order of the Star of India Distinguished Service Order |
General Sir Harry Beauchamp Douglas Baird (4 April 1877 – 2 July 1963) was a British officer in the British Indian Army.[1]
Baird was born in Kensington, London, the son of Scottish Colonel Andrew Wilson Baird and Margaret Elizabeth Davidson. He was educated at Clifton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.[1]
Baird was commissioned on the unattached list of the Indian Army on 20 January 1897. He served on the Western Front in World War I becoming commanding officer of the 1st/8th Battalion the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in 1916 and then as a General Staff Officer first with 51st (Highland) Division and then with the Cavalry Corps before becoming commander of 75th Infantry Brigade in 1918.[2]
After the War Baird became a General Staff Officer at 4th Indian Infantry Division in India, Brigadier-General on the General Staff with the Baluchistan Force and then commanding officer of the 28th Punjabis.[2] He then became Commander of the Zhob Brigade in November 1920, Colonel on the Staff at Army Headquarters, India in 1923 and Commandant of the Senior Officers' School, Belgaum in 1924.[2]
Baird went on to be Deputy Adjutant and Quartermaster-General in India in July 1929 and General Officer Commanding the Kohat District in December 1930.[3] Then he became General Officer Commanding the Deccan District in 1932 and General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Eastern Command in April 1936 before retiring in April 1940.[3]
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