Sir John Aird, 4th Baronet, died 4 May, 2023, aged 83.
Sir John was Chairman and Managing Director of Sir John Aird and Co Ltd 1969-96, and Chairman, Matcon plc from 1981. He was a trainee, Sir Alexander Gibb & Partners 1961-65, and Manager, John Laing and Sons, 1967-69.
George John Aird was born 30 January, 1940, son of Colonel Sir John Renton Aird, 3rd Baronet, MVO, MC (1898-1973), and his wife the Lady Priscilla Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby (1909-2002), daughter of the 2nd Earl of Ancaster, GCVO, JP, DL (1867-1951), Joint Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain, &c.
George John Aird was a godson of King George VI, and he served as a Page to his maternal grandfather, the Earl of Ancaster, at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June, 1953. He was a Page of Honour to Queen Elizabeth II, 1955-1957.
He married firstly, 31 Aug, 1968, Margaret Elizabeth Muir (born 1 Aug, 1946), daughter of Sir John Harling Muir, 3rd Baronet (1910-94), and his wife the former Elizabeth Mary Dundas, scion of the Marquesses of Zetland; he married 2ndly, 2011, Xiao Fen Wang, daughter of Professor Jin Fen Wang, of Beijing.
Sir John leaves issue from his first marriage, a son, Dr James John Aird, and two daughters, Rebecca (born 22 July, 1970), and Belinda Elizabeth (born 14 May, 1972). The son, born 12 June, 1978, succeeds as 5th Baronet.
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