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Thomas Richard Blair (1802 - 1867)

Thomas Richard Blair
Born in Exbury, Hampshire, Englandmap
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Son of and [mother unknown]
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Husband of — married 1839 in Cape Province, South Africamap
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Died at about age 65 in St Andrew, Angus, Scotlandmap
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Profile last modified | Created 27 Jun 2014
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Biography

Children:

  1. 1842 Birth of Charlotte Blair
  2. 1844 Birth of Isabella Blair
  3. 1848 Birth of Mary Blair
  4. 1850 Birth of Augusta Blair
  5. 1854 Birth of Horatio Blair
  6. 1856 Birth of Dawson Blair
  7. January 7, 1857Birth of Richard Walmesley Blair.

"So Eric's grandfather, though a godson and cousin of the Earl of Westmorland, was under the disagreeable obligation of having, as that last child, to earn his living. After one year only at Pembroke College, Cambridge, Eric Blair's grandfather left for the Empire, being ordained a deacon in the Church of England in Calcutta in 1839 and a priest in Tasmania in 1843 - very much the period of Cobbett's gibe that the Empire was a system of out-door relief for the indigent sons of the British aristocracy. There is a family tradition that he stopped off at the Cape on his way home to England on leave, got to know a family called Hare and actually became engaged to one of the older sisters. Returning from leave, he stopped off intending to marry the girl but found that she had already married someone else. 'So he said,' related Eric's sister Avril, 'Oh well, if Emily's married it doesn't matter - I'll have Fanny', and Fanny at that time was 15. I believe they played with dolls after her marriage.'

In 1854 Eric's grandfather returned to England to become Vicar of Milborne St. Andrew in Dorset, probably the last aristocratic patronage that his branch of the family was to enjoy."

-- George Orwell: A Life by Bernard Crick

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