sentences:  His younger brother George (Geordie) is an oboist and principal emeritus of the Birmingham Conservatoire.His sister Dr. Margaret (Meg) Laing is research fellow in mediaeval dialectology at the University of Edinburgh.Caird is an honorary Fellow of Mansfield College, Oxford, an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Music, an honorary Fellow of the Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama (Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru) has an honorary D.Litt.