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Blair, John, 1774-1812
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1774-1812
History
BLAIR, JOHN, eldest son of Rev. John Blair LLD FRS FSA, Rector of St. John’s, Westminster, and Prebendary of Westminster, and Ann Persode, dau. of Col. John Darby; b. 23 Mar 1774; adm. 14 Jan 1782; Cadet, EICS Madras 1788; Lieut., Madras Engineers, 23 Feb 1793; Capt., 14 Oct 1802; Maj., 25 Apr 1808; served at Pondicherry 1793, Seringapatam 1799, and in Mysore 1800; d. on board ship Europe during his passage home from India, 24 Mar 1812.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.