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He finished in the top-10 in the Open Championship in 1960 and played in the Walker Cup in 1955 and 1961.
He finished in the top-10 in the Open Championship in 1960 and played in the Walker Cup in 1955 and 1961.
He was a retired major in the Seaforth Highlanders in the British Army. Blair was educated at Harrow School and Royal Military College Sandhurst. Blair joined the Seaforth Highlanders in 1937.
He was captured at El Adem in 1942 but escaped in 1943.
He was awarded the Military Cross when his company made an assault crossing over a canal in Holland in late 1944. Blair was chairman of the Scotch whisky export committee from 1985 to 1980 and a director of Distillers Company.
He was also chairman of United Glass Limited. 1953 Scottish Amateur.