Alexander Blair

Alexander Stevenson Blair was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 36th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He became a lieutenant-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 was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the New Years Honours List of 1933.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

After attending Loretto School, Blair went to Brasenose College in Oxford. He played for Oxford University, and was in the 1st XV. He was secretary of both the rugby and athletics club of the university.

He became the 36th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He served one year from 1909 to 1910.

Military career

First as Lieutenant Colonel, then Colonel, Blair commanded the 'Dandy Ninth', the Lothian Regiment of the Royal Scots, in the First World War. In 1916 he was awarded a CMG. Blair was a Writer to the Signet.