Robert Adair may refer to: * Robert Adair (of Hollybrook) (died 1737), Irish MP for Philipstown (Parliament of Ireland constituency) and protagonist in one version of the song "

Robin Adair "Robin Adair" is a traditional Irish (sometimes identified as Scottish) song with lyrics written by Lady Caroline Keppel. It was popular in the 18th century. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 8918. The song was mentioned by Jane Austen in he ...

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Robert Adair (surgeon) Robert Adair (c. 1711 – 1790) was an Irish surgeon. Trained in Dublin, he was accused in 1737 of adultery with Anglo-Irish poet Laetitia Pilkington and left Ireland to travel to London. Adair became a member of the London Company of Barber Su ...

(died 1790), English surgeon, Inspector-General of the Hospitals and surgeon of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, father of Robert Adair (politician) * Sir Robert Adair (politician) (1763–1855), British diplomat, son of the surgeon * Robert Adair, 1st Baron Waveney (1811–1886), English politician, MP for Cambridge 1847–1852 and 1854–1857 * Robert Adair (cricketer) (1876–1951), Irish cricketer * Robert Adair (actor) (1900–1954), American actor * Robert Adair (physicist) (1924–2020), American physicist

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