Ian Keith, 12th Earl of Kintore


Sir James Ian Keith of Urie, 12th Earl of Kintore, 12th Lord Keith of Inverurie and Keith Hall, Chief of Clan Keith since 1974, known as Sir James Ian Baird of Urie, 2nd Viscount Stonehaven, 2nd Baron Stonehaven, 3rd Baronet, 4th of Ury between 1941 and 1974, was a Scottish peer and nobleman.

Biography

Keith was son of John Baird, 1st Viscount Stonehaven, and wife Ethel Sydney Keith-Falconer, 11th Countess of Kintore. Born James Ian Baird, he changed his name from Baird to Keith by Interlocutor of the Lyon Court on 28 June 1967. He worked as a labourer in Britain and Canada in his youth. He succeeded his father in the viscountcy of Stonehaven in 1941. During the Second World War, he joined the Royal Marine Engineers and rose to the rank of Major. He lived in South Africa from 1947 to 1952, when he returned to manage the family estate at Rickarton. In 1974, he succeeded his mother as the 12th Earl of Kintore.
In 1978, the Chief of Clan Keith and the Commander of Clan Gunn signed a peace treaty at the site of the Chapel of St. Tayrs, ending the feud between the two clans which began in 1478.

Marriage and issue

Lord Kintore married on 5 March 1935 Delia Virginia Loyd, maternal granddaughter of the 2nd Baron Brabourne of Brabourne. They had three children: