Lard (surname)

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Lard is a surname which is a variation of the Scottish name and title "Laird". In the United States, Laird has many different spellings, including Lard, Leaird, Leard, and Leird, presumably due to oral census takers. [1] The name may refer to:

Scottish people ethnic inhabitants of Scotland

The Scottish people or Scots, are a nation and Celtic ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically, they emerged from an amalgamation of two Celtic-speaking peoples, the Picts and Gaels, who founded the Kingdom of Scotland in the 9th century. Later, the neighbouring Celtic-speaking Cumbrians, as well as Germanic-speaking Anglo-Saxons and Norse, were incorporated into the Scottish nation.

A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts. It may signify either veneration, an official position, or a professional or academic qualification. In some languages, titles may be inserted between the first and last name. Some titles are hereditary.

Laird Scottish gentry title

Laird is a generic name for the owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate, roughly equivalent to an esquire in England, yet ranking above the same in Scotland. In the Scottish order of precedence, a laird ranks below a baron and above a gentleman. This rank is only held by those lairds holding official recognition in a territorial designation by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. They are usually styled [name] [surname] of [lairdship], and are traditionally entitled to place The Much Honoured before their name.

Allan Edward Lard was an American golfer who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky. In 1904, Lard was part of the American team which won the bronze medal. He finished sixth in this competition. In the individual competition, he finished 29th in the qualification and was eliminated in the second round of the match play. Lard won the North and South Amateur in 1907 and 1908.

Rebecca Hammond Lard American poet

Rebecca Hammond Lard, is called by some critics "the first poet in Indiana". Her poetry reflects on the lives of the early people in Indiana and the colonists in Vermont. Lard's works are mainly religious and meditative in tone, but draw their inspiration in part from the Bucolics and Georgics of Virgil. She is best known for Indiana's first book of poetry, On the Banks of the Ohio, a poem she is believed to have written.

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References

  1. "Laird Family Association". www.qcsi.net/lfa. Retrieved 11 August 2009.