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Blair, Sir James Hunter, (1741-1787), Knight, banker, MP and Lord Provost of Edinburgh

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Surname: Blair
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: James Hunter
Gender: Male
Date: 1741-1787
Title: Knight
Biography: ODNB link for Blair, Sir James Hunter (1741-1787) Knight Banker MP Lord Provost of Edinburgh
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P133052 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P2707 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
papers incl political corresp
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 7868 Blair
2
1763-87: letters from Sir Robert Herries and to and from Sir William Forbes, misc papers
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
3
1780-86: letters (17) to Hugh Hamilton of Pinmore
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 33385
4
1761-84: letters to him from family and friends
Cambridge University: Centre of South Asian Studies
See Carter and Bateson, Principal Collections in the Cambridge South Asian Archive (1987)