Viscount Stonehaven
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Viscount Stonehaven, of Ury in the County of Kincardine, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1938 for the Conservative politician and former Governor General of Australia Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet, of Urie. He had already been created Baron Stonehaven, of Ury in the County of Kincardine, in 1925. The Baronetcy of Urie had been created in 1897 for his father Alexander Baird.
The first Viscount married Lady Ethel Sydney Keith, daughter of Algernon Hawkins Thomond Keith-Falconer, 9th Earl of Kintore, who in 1966 succeeded her younger brother as 12th Countess of Kintore. Their son James Ian Keith succeeded to his father's titles in 1941 and to his mother's titles in 1974. The Baronetcy, Barony and Viscountcy of Stonehaven are now subsidiary titles of the Earldom of Kintore.
[edit] Baronets of Urie (8 March 1897)
- Sir Alexander Baird, 1st Baronet (1849-1920)
- Sir John Baird, 2nd Baronet (1874-1941) (created Viscount Stonehaven in 1938)
[edit] Viscounts Stonehaven (1938)
- John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven (1874-1941)
- James Ian Keith, 2nd Viscount Stonehaven (1908-1989) (succeeded as 12th Earl of Kintore in 1974)
- Michael Canning William John Keith, 13th Earl of Kintore, 3rd Viscount Stonehaven (1939-2004)
- James William Falconer Keith, 14th Earl of Kintore, 4th Viscount Stonehaven (b. 1976)
The Heir Presumptive to the Viscountcy is Hon Alexander David Baird (Keith) (b. 1946)
