Jeremy John Aird 1936-2023

 Jeremy John Aird, who died 29 May, 2023, aged 87, was a scion of the Aird baronets.

He was born 16 April, 1936, the third son of Colonel Malcolm Henry Aird, OBE (1899-1965), of the 9th Lancers, and his wife the former Joan Meredith Sturgis (died 1986), and was a younger brother of the courtier Sir Alastair Sturgis Aird, GCVO (1931-2009).

He married 8 July, 1967, Mary Elizabeth Des Voeux (born 1940), daughter of Lieutenant-Col Sir William Richard de Bacquencourt Des Voeux, 9th and last Baronet (1911-1944), and his wife the former Jean Margaret Rew Elkington (died 1974), by whom he had issue, a son, David William (born 7 Dec, 1968), and a daughter, Catherine Rosemary (born 1972).

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