Rear-Admiral Thomas Benjamin Stratton Adair (6 November 1861 – 12 August 1928) was a British

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officer and Unionist MP for Glasgow Shettleston from December 1918 to October 1922. Adair was the son of General Sir Charles William Adair. He entered the Navy in 1874, was promoted to the rank of

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on 1 January 1894, and to

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on 31 December 1899. From 1900 to 1902 he was a member of the Navy's Ordnance Committee. He was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser HMS ''Gladiator'' on 22 September 1902, serving with her in the

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. In 1906, he grounded the battleship HMS ''Montagu'' at Shutter Point, Lundy Island, in a thick fog during naval manoeuvres. Despite extensive efforts, the ship could not be salvaged, and was dismantled ''in situ''. Adair was court-martialled for the stranding and was sentenced to be severely reprimanded and dismissed from ship. Much regret was felt for Adair, whose naval career was effectively ended by the incident. He retired the following year and was advanced to rear-admiral on the retired list. After his retirement, he was Head of the Ordnance Department of W. Beardmore & Co. Ltd, Parkhead Steelworks, Glasgow.Who's Who 1897-1998 D-ROM edition(A & C Black Publishers & Oxford University Press, 1998) He was elected as a supporter of

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's coalition government for Glasgow Shettleston in December 1918, serving until 1922.

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* Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies 1861 births 1928 deaths 19th-century Royal Navy personnel UK MPs 1918–1922 Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs Royal Navy rear admirals Royal Navy officers who were court-martialled Royal Navy personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War {{Conservative-UK-MP-1860s-stub