Robert Blair

Robert Blair (3 May 1837 – 4 November 1907) was a Scottish minister and a Gaelic scholar.

Personal life Blair was born in Bullwood, Dunoon, Scotland, the son of Duncan Blair and Margaret Campbell.

Blair married Flora Anne Cameron, daughter of Duncan Cameron, inventor of the "Waverley" pen nib, on 29 October 1889. Flora's mother - Mary Brown Small - and her family were members of the Smalls of Dirnanean in Perthshire, Scotland.

In 1905 he is listed as living at 12 Clarendon Crescent, close to Dean Bridge in Edinburgh.

Blair died on 4 November 1907 in Edinburgh and was buried near his home, in Dean Cemetery. His grave is marked by a huge (6m) pale granite Celtic cross by Stewart McGlashan, facing the central path of the north section of the main cemetery.

His wife remarried and died in Oban but chose to be buried with Robert when she died.

Memorials

A baptismal font honoring Blair was installed by the parishioners in the church at Cambuslang in 1908. Blair was also memorialized by a bust in St. Columba's Church, Glasgow and a window in Iona Abbey.