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Robert Hugh Blair

1834/5–85

Clergyman. BA, University of Dublin, 1861; MA, 1864. Rector of St Michael’s Bedwardine, Worcester, 1866–72; rector of St Martin’s, Worcester, 1872–85. Principal, Worcester College for the Blind Sons of Gentlemen.

Sources

BMD (Death index)

Catalogue of graduates, University of Dublin

Census returns of England and Wales 1881 (The National Archives: Public Record Office RG11/2918/102/6)

Crockford’s clerical directory.

Bibliography

BMD: General Register Office, England and Wales civil registration indexes. England & Wales birth index, 1837–1983. England and Wales marriage index, 1837–1983. England and Wales death index, 1837–1983. Online database. Provo, Utah: The Generations Network. 2006. www.ancestry.com.

Catalogue of graduates, University of Dublin: A catalogue of graduates who have proceeded to degrees in the University of Dublin, from the earliest recorded commencements to July, 1866: with supplement to December 16, 1868. Dublin: Hodges, Smith, & Foster. 1869.

Crockford’s clerical directory: The clerical directory, a biographical and statistical book of reference for facts relating to the clergy and the church. Crockford’s clerical directory etc. London: John Crockford [and others]. 1858–1900.

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