James Adair
James Adair may refer to: * James Makittrick Adair (1728–1802), Scottish doctor practising in Antigua *James Adair (historian) (1709–1783), Irish historian of the American Indians * James Adair (serjeant-at-law) (c. 1743–1798), English Whig M.P. for Cockermouth and, subsequently, Higham Ferrars *Jimmy Adair (1907–1982), American baseball infielder, manager and coach *James Adair (fl. 2000s–2010s), American member of the band Dolorean Dolorean is an American rock band based in Portland, Oregon. Their current line-up is Al James, guitar/vocals, Jay Clarke, organ/piano, Ben Nugent, drums/percussion/vocals, James Adair, bass, and Jon Neufeld, guitar. They have released four stu ...

James Makittrick Adair
James Makittrick Adair MD FRCPE (1728–1802) was a Scottish physician, pamphleteer, and anti-abolitionist. Early life Born in 1728 in either Inverness or Ayr, to James Makittrick and his wife, the daughter of Robert Adair of Kirkmaiden, Mull of Galloway. Adair adopted his mother's maiden name in 1783. Sources differ as to the occupation of Adair's father. Hugh James Rose's ''New General Biographical Dictionary'' suggests he was an officer in the Inland Revenue at Edinburgh. However the ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' suggests he was a Doctor living in Ayr. Career Adair was educated at the University of Edinburgh, earning his MD in 1766 with a dissertation on the subject of Yellow Fever. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh in 1767. Upon graduation was appointed surgeon's mate of the sloop-of-war HMS ''Porcupine'' (1746), bound to the Leeward Islands. Shortly after, he relocated to Antigua, where assisting a relative in mana ...
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James Adair (historian)
James Adair (c.1709–1783) was a native of County Antrim, Ireland, who went to North America and became a trader with the Native Americans of the Southeastern Woodlands. Life From 1735 he resided there for 40 years and was almost entirely cut off from the outside world. From 1744 he resided chiefly among the Chickasaw. In 1751, Adair moved to Laurens County, South Carolina. In the 1740s he led a British trade mission to the Eastern Choctaw tribe at the height of King George's War in an effort to win this nation over from French influence. He dealt extensively with Chief Red Shoes, the leader of the pro-British faction of the Choctaw. This eventually erupted into a fierce civil war amongst the Choctaw that led to Red Shoes' assassination in 1749.''History of the American Indians'' by James Adair, pg 143-148. Adair went forward under the direction of James Glen, governor of South Carolina, but then vehemently blames him for the mission's failure and the loss of his personal ...
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James Adair (serjeant-at-law)
James Adair, KS (1743 – 21 July 1798) was an Irish-born judge, serjeant-at-law, and Member of Parliament, who spent his career based in London. Career Adair was admitted to Peterhouse, Cambridge, and took a B.A. in 1764, and M.A. in 1767. He was educated in law and a due course called to the bar by the society of Lincoln's Inn. In the early part of the reign of George III he was ranked among the advocates of the popular side; in 1771, he was employed as counsel in the famous case of the House of Commons against the printers of ''Letters of Junius'', and in this and other instances gave so much satisfaction to the citizens, that, on the death of John Glynn, he was elected Recorder of London, a post he held until 1789. In 1774, he took the degree of serjeant-at-law and afterwards confined his practice chiefly to the Court of Common Pleas. On his promotion to be a king's serjeant in 1782, he took the lead in that court for several years. Following the split of the Whig Party a ...
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Jimmy Adair
James Aubrey Adair (January 25, 1907 – December 9, 1982) was an American baseball infielder, manager and coach. Although he played only briefly in Major League Baseball, as a shortstop for the Chicago Cubs, Adair had a long career as a minor league player and manager, and as a Major League coach and scout. A native of Waxahachie, Texas, he was associated for many years with a fellow townsman, Paul Richards, who as a manager or general manager employed Adair as a coach for three MLB teams. Playing career Adair attended East Texas Baptist University and Marshall University. He batted and threw right-handed, and stood 5'10½" (179 cm) tall and weighed 155 pounds (70 kg). His professional playing career began in 1927 with the Mexia, Texas, ''Gushers'' of the Class D Lone Star League, and by 1931 was playing at the top level of the minor leagues with the Reading Keystones of the AA International League. After batting .285, he was called up to the Cubs in August. Over the ...
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