WLieutenant Colonel William Herbert Anderson VC was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
WThere have been five baronetcies created for persons with the surname Baird, three in the Baronetage of Nova Scotia and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. Three of the creations are extant as of 2010. The Baird Baronets of Newbyth and of Sauchtonhall are all descended from Andrew Baird who acquired lands at Auchmedden, Aberdeenshire, in 1539. The main line, Baird of Auchmedden expired on the death in 1777 of Sir William Baird whose Auchmedden estate was forfeit and sold following his involvement in the Jacobite Rising of 1745.
WMajor Sir Archibald Boyd Boyd-Carpenter was a British Conservative Party politician.
WMajor-General Ronald Albert Bramwell-Davis CB DSO was a keen cricketer as well as General Officer Commanding Aldershot District.
WLieutenant Colonel Walter Lorrain Brodie was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
WAir Chief Marshal Sir Charles Stuart Burnett, was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during the first half of the 20th century. He was Air Officer Commanding Iraq Command during the early 1930s. During the Second World War, he served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Royal Australian Air Force.
WJohn Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, was a British Army officer who fought in the Second World War with a longbow, bagpipes, and a Scottish broadsword. Nicknamed "Fighting Jack Churchill" and "Mad Jack", he was known for the motto: "Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed."
WJames Hoey Craigie TD FRIBA was a Scottish architect. He studied at the Glasgow School of Art. In 1894 he won the Alexander Thomson travelling scholarship which he spent in France and Italy. In 1905 he was made a partner in the firm Clarke & Bell, its name changing to Clarke & Bell & J H Craigie.
WGeneral John Hely-Hutchinson, 2nd Earl of Donoughmore, GCB was an Anglo-Irish politician, hereditary peer and soldier.
WMajor William Mordaunt Marsh Edwards, was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
WPatrick Ferguson was a Scottish officer in the British Army, an early advocate of light infantry and the designer of the Ferguson rifle. He is best known for his service in the 1780 military campaign of Charles Cornwallis during the American Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, in which he played a great effort in recruiting American Loyalists to serve in his militia against the Patriots.
WCaptain James Fitz-Morris was a British World War I flying ace credited with 14 aerial victories. Records give his name in various spellings; Fitz-Morris, J. F. Morris, Fitzmorris or Fitzmaurice.
WDavid Pinkerton Fleming, Lord Fleming was a Scottish politician and judge, rising to be Senator of the College of Justice.
WAuckland Campbell Geddes, 1st Baron Geddes, was a British academic, soldier, politician and diplomat. He was a member of David Lloyd George's coalition government during the First World War and also served as Ambassador to the United States.
WAlec Ewart Glassey was a British Liberal politician. He was Member of Parliament for East Dorset from 1929 to 1931.
WBrigadier General Alexander Gore Arkwright Hore-Ruthven, 1st Earl of Gowrie, was a British Army officer who served as the 10th Governor-General of Australia, in office from 1936 to 1945. He was previously Governor of South Australia (1928–1934) and Governor of New South Wales (1935–1936).
WWyndham Halswelle was a British athlete. He won the controversial 400 m race at the 1908 Summer Olympics, becoming the only athlete to win an Olympic title by a walkover.
WChristopher Alexander Roger Helm was a Scottish book publisher, notably of ornithology related titles, including the Helm Identification Guides.
WGeneral Sir Henry John Thoroton Hildyard was a British Army officer who saw active service in the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882 and the Second Boer War. He was General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Africa, from 1905 to 1908.
WColonel John Dutton Hopton was a British soldier, landowner, musician, and Olympic marksman.
WLieutenant-Colonel John Maitland was a British Marine and Army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1774 and 1779.
WFergus Dunlop Morton, Baron Morton of Henryton, MC, PC was a British judge who was a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1947 to 1959.
WJames David Graham Niven was an English actor, memoirist and novelist. His many roles included Squadron Leader Peter Carter in A Matter of Life and Death, Phileas Fogg in Around the World in 80 Days, and Sir Charles Lytton in The Pink Panther. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in Separate Tables (1958). He also played James Bond in Casino Royale (1967).
WBrigadier Alastair "Jock" Stevenson Pearson, was a baker, farmer and one of the most highly regarded soldiers of the Parachute Regiment and the British Army who served in the Second World War.
WJonathan Peel, PC was a British soldier, Conservative politician and racehorse owner.
WGodfrey Walter Phillimore, 2nd Baron Phillimore M.C. was an English peer, soldier and author.
WWilliam Ross, Baron Ross of Marnock, was the longest serving Secretary of State for Scotland, holding office from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976, throughout the premiership of Harold Wilson.
WMajor General Frank Keith Simmons, was a senior British Army officer during the Second World War. He was commander of the Singapore Fortress when it fell to the invading Imperial Japanese Army in February 1942. He spent the remainder of the war as a prisoner of the Japanese.
WCaptain George Sitwell Campbell Swinton, CBE DL was a long-serving Scottish politician and officer of arms.
WMichael Trubshawe was a British actor and former officer in the Highland Light Infantry Regiment of the British Army. Trubshawe was very close friends with fellow British actor David Niven, serving with him at Malta and Dover. He was best man for both of Niven's weddings, and is constantly referred to in Niven's memoirs The Moon's a Balloon, although his first name is never given, even in the index; Niven refers to finding out he would be working with him in The Guns of Navarone as 'A lovely bonus for me.'
WMajor-General Robert Elliott "Roy" Urquhart CB DSO was a British Army officer who saw service during World War II and Malayan Emergency. He became prominent for his role as General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 1st Airborne Division which fought with great distinction, although suffering very severe casualties, in the Battle of Arnhem during Operation Market Garden in September 1944.
WHerbert Waddell was a Scottish rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for Glasgow Academicals and international rugby for Scotland and the British Isles. Waddell was heavily involved with the invitational tourist team, the Barbarians, not only playing for the club, but also became the fifth president of the club in 1973