Sir Edward Thomas Hunter Blair, 8th Baronet (1920-2006)

[Michael Rhodes]

Sir Edward Thomas Hunter Blair, 8th Baronet, landowner and forester,
died at Fleet Valley Nursing Home, 21 October, 2006. He was aged 85.
He was born 15 December, 1920, son of Sir James Hunter Blair, 7th
Baronet, by his wife Jean Galloway McIntyre, and was educated at Eton
and Balliol College, Oxford.
Career:---> Served in the 2nd World War with the King's Own Yorkshire
Light Infantry; member of Kirkcudbrightshire County Council, 1970-71;
Civil Servant, 1941-43; journalist (assistant Foreign Editor) 1944-49;
Member of the Council of the Wyndham Trust, 1992-96; Member of the
Scottish Association for Public Transport from 1993; President,
Dumfries and Galloway Mountaineering Club, &c.He succeeded to the
baronetcy (created in 1786), on the demise of his father, 1985.
He married (i) 1956, Norma, daughter of Walter Sidney Harris, and they
adopted a son, Alan, and a daughter, Helen. Married (ii) Jonet ?
The baronetcy now devolves upon his kinsman, Patrick David Hunter
Blair, b. 1958.
The funeral took place at Straiton Parish Church, 27 Oct, 2006...

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[bx...@yahoo.com]

Both Debrett's and Burke's listed the deceased's younger brother James
(b. 1926) as heir presumptive. When did he pass away?

The new baronet is married with 5 children including the new heir,
Ronan (b. 1995). (Debrett's 2003 is the source.)

Brooke
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[marquess]

Does anyone know if the new Baronet is to inherit the family seat and
estates, if I recall the late brother of the former Baronet, had
Blairqhan Castle, what has happened to that. I hope that the family
estates have remaind in the family?

On Oct 28, 11:10 pm, "b...@yahoo.com" <b...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Michael Rhodes wrote:
> > Sir Edward Thomas Hunter Blair, 8th Baronet, landowner and forester,
> > died at Fleet Valley Nursing Home, 21 October, 2006. He was aged 85.
> > He was born 15 December, 1920, son of Sir James Hunter Blair, 7th
> > Baronet, by his wife Jean Galloway McIntyre, and was educated at Eton
> > and Balliol College, Oxford.
> > Career:---> Served in the 2nd World War with the King's Own Yorkshire
> > Light Infantry; member of Kirkcudbrightshire County Council, 1970-71;
> > Civil Servant, 1941-43; journalist (assistant Foreign Editor) 1944-49;
> > Member of the Council of the Wyndham Trust, 1992-96; Member of the
> > Scottish Association for Public Transport from 1993; President,
> > Dumfries and Galloway Mountaineering Club, &c.He succeeded to the
> > baronetcy (created in 1786), on the demise of his father, 1985.
> > He married (i) 1956, Norma, daughter of Walter Sidney Harris, and they
> > adopted a son, Alan, and a daughter, Helen. Married (ii) Jonet ?
> > The baronetcy now devolves upon his kinsman, Patrick David Hunter
> > Blair, b. 1958.

> > The funeral took place at Straiton Parish Church, 27 Oct, 2006...Both Debrett's and Burke's listed the deceased's younger brother James

> (b. 1926) as heir presumptive. When did he pass away?
>
> The new baronet is married with 5 children including the new heir,
> Ronan (b. 1995). (Debrett's 2003 is the source.)
>
> Brooke

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[Michael Rhodes]

bx...@yahoo.com wrote:

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> Both Debrett's and Burke's listed the deceased's younger brother James
> (b. 1926) as heir presumptive. When did he pass away?

James Hunter Blair died at Blairquhan Castle, Maybole, Ayrshire, 25
December, 2004, aged 78