Blair Fairchild

Early life Fairchild was a native of Massachusetts, the son of Elisabeth A. (Nelson) and Boston investor Charles Fairchild. Fairchild was the brother of miniaturist Lucia Fairchild Fuller; their grandfather, Jairus C. Fairchild, was the first mayor of Madison, Wisconsin, while their uncle Lucius served three terms as the governor of the state.

Career He studied at Harvard College and in Florence before embarking, after a stint in business, on a career in the diplomatic corps. He first saw service in Istanbul before being transferred to Tehran; in 1903 he settled in Paris, where he pursued further studies in music before becoming a composer. He died in 1933.

Personal life In 1903, he was married to Edith Howard Cushing (1871–1920), the daughter of Thomas Forbes Cushing and the granddaughter of John Perkins Cushing, a wealthy Boston sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist.

His wife died in Paris in 1920,