Hugh Adair
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Sir Hugh Edward Adair, 3rd Baronet (26 December 1815 – 2 March 1902) was a British Liberal Party
politician who served from 1847 to 1874 as a Member of Parliament
(MP) for Ipswich
in Suffolk
.
He was the second son of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Elizabeth Maria Strode. He married Harriet Camilla Adair, daughter of Alexander Adair, on 10 July 1856. They had three sons, the eldest of whom lived for only ten years.
Adair was elected at the 1847 general election
as one of the two MPs for Ipswich, and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1874 general election
.
He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1886, on the death of his elder brother Robert
. On his death in 1902, aged 86, his second son Frederick succeeded to the baronetcy, and after Frederick's death in 1915 the title was inherited by Hugh's third son, Robert.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician who served from 1847 to 1874 as a Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Ipswich
Ipswich (UK Parliament constituency)
Ipswich is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Boundaries :...
in Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
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He was the second son of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 1st Baronet, and his first wife Elizabeth Maria Strode. He married Harriet Camilla Adair, daughter of Alexander Adair, on 10 July 1856. They had three sons, the eldest of whom lived for only ten years.
Adair was elected at the 1847 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1847
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
as one of the two MPs for Ipswich, and held the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1874 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1874
-Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...
.
He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1886, on the death of his elder brother Robert
Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney
Robert Alexander Shafto Adair, 1st Baron Waveney was a British Liberal Party politician who served as a Member of Parliament for Cambridge for 8 of the years from 1847 to 1857....
. On his death in 1902, aged 86, his second son Frederick succeeded to the baronetcy, and after Frederick's death in 1915 the title was inherited by Hugh's third son, Robert.