Alexander Blair (rugby union)
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Alexander Blair was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 36th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He became a Colonel in the army and then became President of the British Legion and Chairman of the Earl Haig Fund. An advocate to trade he was a Writer to the Signet. He received a CBE in the New Years Honours List of 1933.[1]
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Birth name | Alexander Stevenson Blair | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | (1865-06-03)3 June 1865 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 10 September 1936(1936-09-10) (aged 60) | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
School | Loretto School | ||||||||||||||||
University | Brasenose College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
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36th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||
In office 1909–1910 | |||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | David Cassels | ||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Charles Fleming | ||||||||||||||||
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