Peerage Record – 48247

     Ada Selina Hunter Blair was the daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair of Blairquhan and Dunskey, 4th Bt. and Elizabeth Wauchope.² She died on 30 December 1886, unmarried.¹

     Julia Tatham is the daughter of Charles Heathcote Tatham and Harriet Williams.¹ She married George Richmond, son of Thomas Richmond and Ann Oram, in January 1831 at Gretna Green, Dumfries-shire, Scotland.¹
     From January 1831, her married name became Richmond.¹

     Cecilia Dora Farrer was the daughter of Sir William James Farrer and Anna Maria Shaw-Lefevre.² She married Edward Hunter Blair of Dunskey, 6th Bt., son of Sir Edward Hunter Blair of Blairquhan and Dunskey, 4th Bt. and Elizabeth Wauchope, on 6 July 1886.¹ She died on 21 October 1951.¹
     From 6 July 1886, her married name became Hunter Blair.

     Sir James Hunter Blair of Dunskey, 7th Bt. was born on 7 May 1889.¹ He was the son of Edward Hunter Blair of Dunskey, 6th Bt. and Cecilia Dora Farrer.² He married, firstly, Jean Galloway McIntyre, daughter of Thomas Walker McIntyre of Sorn and Jeannie Paterson Galloway, on 15 May 1917.¹ He married, secondly, Ethel Norah Beyers, daughter of Herbert Edward Beyers, on 15 July 1954.¹ He died in 1985.¹
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.¹ He graduated from Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G, in 1911 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)¹ He graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge University, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England^G, with a Master of Arts (M.A.)¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was wounded.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Seaforth Highlanders (SR.)¹ He was District Officer, Forestry Commission between 1920 and 1928.¹ He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Hunter Blair, of Dunskey [G.B., 1786] on 11 April 1945.¹

     Commander Gaspard Patrick Hunter Blair was born on 21 September 1895.¹ He was the son of Edward Hunter Blair of Dunskey, 6th Bt. and Cecilia Dora Farrer.² He married Sophie Koudacheff on 12 May 1929 at Aubourn Church, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England^G.^1,3 He died on 1 June 1941 at age 45, killed in action in H.M.S. Calcutta.^1,4
     He fought in the First World War.¹ He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.¹ He fought in the Second World War, and was mentioned in despatches.¹

     Sophie Koudacheff was born circa 1896.³ She married, firstly, Commander Gaspard Patrick Hunter Blair, son of Edward Hunter Blair of Dunskey, 6th Bt. and Cecilia Dora Farrer, on 12 May 1929 at Aubourn Church, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England^G.^1,2 She married, secondly, Rear-Admiral Robert Cathcart Kemble Lambert, son of Robert Carr Lambert, on 18 July 1945.¹ She died on 19 October 1968.¹
     From 12 May 1929, her married name became Hunter Blair. From 18 July 1945, her married name became Lambert.¹

     Francis John Hunter Blair was born on 29 October 1930.¹ He was the son of Commander Gaspard Patrick Hunter Blair and Sophie Koudacheff.² He married Joyce Adeline Mary Graham, daughter of Commander James Graham, on 26 November 1957.¹ He died on 4 August 2000 at age 69.¹
     He was educated at Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Devon, England^G.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant (S) in the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve.¹ He was educated at West of Scotland Agricultural College, Scotland^G.¹

     Commander James Graham was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)¹ He gained the rank of Commander in the Royal Navy.¹

     Joyce Adeline Mary Graham is the daughter of Commander James Graham.² She married Francis John Hunter Blair, son of Commander Gaspard Patrick Hunter Blair and Sophie Koudacheff, on 26 November 1957.¹
     From 26 November 1957, her married name became Hunter Blair. She lived in 2003 at Marbrack, Carsphairn, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland^G.¹

     Sir Patrick David Hunter Blair, 9th Bt. was born on 12 May 1958.¹ He is the son of Francis John Hunter Blair and Joyce Adeline Mary Graham.² He married Marguerite O’Neill in 1984.
     He succeeded as the 9th Baronet Hunter Blair, of Dunskey [G.B., 1786] on 21 October 2006.³