Peerage Record – 12513

     David Alastair Blair-Oliphant was born on 6 June 1948.¹ He was the son of Air Vice Marshal David Nigel Blair-Oliphant and Helen Nathalie Donald.¹ He died on 6 January 1971 at age 22.¹

     Helen Geraldine Blair-Oliphant was born on 20 August 1949.¹ She was the daughter of Air Vice Marshal David Nigel Blair-Oliphant and Helen Nathalie Donald.¹ She died on 6 January 1971 at age 21.¹

     Lilias Graeme Kington-Blair-Oliphant was born on 10 July 1904.¹ She is the daughter of T/Lt.-Col. Philip Laurence Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Laura Geraldine Bodenham.¹ She married Major Frank McKno Bladon, son of John McKno Bladon and Ethel Dickinson, on 1 March 1930.¹
     From 1 March 1930, her married name became Bladon.¹

     Major Frank McKno Bladon was born on 26 July 1902.² He was the son of John McKno Bladon and Ethel Dickinson.^1,3 He married Lilias Graeme Kington-Blair-Oliphant, daughter of T/Lt.-Col. Philip Laurence Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Laura Geraldine Bodenham, on 1 March 1930.¹ He died on 22 August 1970 at age 68 at Middledean, Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire, England.⁴
     He was educated at Sedbergh School, Sedbergh, Cumbria, England^G.² He was commissioned in 1921 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, in the service of the 73rd Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.² He fought in the Second World War, with the 8th Army.² He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Artillery.² He was awarded the Territorial Decoration (T.D.) in 1951.² He lived in 1965 at Middledean, Swallowcliffe, Wiltshire, England^G.¹

     John McKno Bladon was born on 29 July 1865.² He was the son of Francis Finch Bladon and Margaret Craig McKno.² He married Ethel Dickinson, daughter of Robert Dickinson and Jane Harle, on 19 April 1898.² He died on 6 June 1956 at age 90.²
     He was educated at Exeter School, Exeter, Devon, England^G.² He lived at Wolfreton Garth, Kirk Ella, Yorkshire, England^G.¹

     Lillian Norris is the daughter of Herbert Norris.¹ She married Major Philip James Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair, son of T/Lt.-Col. Philip Laurence Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Laura Geraldine Bodenham, on 11 June 1927.¹ She and Major Philip James Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair were divorced in 1931.¹
     From 11 June 1927, her married name became Kington-Blair-Oliphant.¹

     Herbert Norris lived at Chepstow Place, London, England^G.¹

     Beatrice Mary Carroll was born in 1910 at County Cork, Ireland.² She was the daughter of Thomas Laurence Carroll and Susan Waring.¹ She married, firstly, Major Philip James Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair, son of T/Lt.-Col. Philip Laurence Kington-Blair-Oliphant of Ardblair and Laura Geraldine Bodenham, on 18 August 1934.¹ She married, secondly, Sir James Alexander Lawson Duncan, 1st and last Bt., son of Alexander Duncan, on 1 August 1966.¹ She died on 8 December 2003.²
     From 18 August 1934, her married name became Kington-Blair-Oliphant.¹ She was an actress at Abbey Theatre, Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland.² From 1 August 1966, her married name became Duncan.¹ She lived in 2003 at Jordanstone House, Alyth, Perthshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Thomas Laurence Carroll lived at Ballintullen, County Cork, Ireland^G.¹

     Susan Waring is the daughter of Captain Holt Waring and Margaret Combs.^1,2