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Bookmark or Share- James Blair (1656-1743) | Special Collections KnowledgebaseThe Reverend James Blair, the first president of William & Mary, was born in Banffshire, Scotland and educated at Marischal College ( University of Aberdeen ). Blair was president of the College from its founding in 1693 until his death on April 18, 1743.
- The Founding Fathers: Virginia | National ArchivesIn 1789 Washington named Blair as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, where he helped decide many important cases. Resigning that post in 1796, he spent his remaining years in Williamsburg. A widower, his wife (born Jean Balfour) having died in 1792, he lived quietly until he succumbed in 1800. He was 68 years old.
- Reverend James Blair - Encyclopedia VirginiaCreated: ca. 1735—1743. Medium: Oil on canvas. Reverend James Blair. Anglican minister James Blair stands for a portrait in Williamsburg, in or around 1735. Blair was commissary, or the representative of the Bishop of London, with authority to preside over the Anglican clergy in America.
- James Blair (clergyman) - WikipediaJames Blair (1656 – 18 April 1743) was a Scottish-born clergyman in the Church of England. He was also a missionary and an educator, best known as the founder of the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
- James Blair (ca. 1655–1743) - Encyclopedia VirginiaJames Blair (ca. 1655–1743) SUMMARY. James Blair was an Anglican minister, a notoriously combative member of the governor’s Council (1694–1695; 1696–1697; 1701–1743) who worked successfully to have three governors removed, and, with Francis Nicholson, the cofounder of the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg.
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