Sir Hugh Edward Adair, 3rd Baronet (26 December 1815 – 2 March 1902) was a British

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politician who served from 1847 to 1874 as a Member of Parliament (MP) for

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Biography

Adair was the second son of Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 1st baronet, and his first wife Elizabeth Maria Strode. He was educated at

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, and at

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. 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

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at the 1874 general election. He succeeded to the baronetcy in February 1886, on the death of his elder brother

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. He died at

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on 2 March 1902, aged 86.

Family

Adair 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. On his death, 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.

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* 1815 births 1902 deaths People educated at Harrow School Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Ipswich UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 UK MPs 1857–1859 UK MPs 1859–1865 UK MPs 1865–1868 UK MPs 1868–1874 Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom {{UK-baronet-stub