Family and Education
b. ?1743, 1st s. of James Adair, merchant and Irish factor, of Belfast, co. Antrim and Aldermanbury, London by Margaret, da. of Henry Maxwell, MP [I], of Finnebrogue, co. Down. educ. Eton 1753-9; Peterhouse, Camb. 10 Nov. 1759, aged 16, BA 1764, fellow 1765, MA 1767; L. Inn 1761, called 1767. m. c. 1766, Elizabeth Spencer, 1s. 1da. suc. fa. 1782.
Offices Held
Serjt.-at-law 28 Apr. 1774; recorder, London 1779 – June 1789; King’s serjt. 1782; counsel to Ordnance 1782 – d.; c.j. Chester circuit Nov. 1796 – d.
Vol. London and Westminster light horse 1798.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Lincoln's Inn Fields, Mdx.
Volume
Commons 1790-1820
Web Title
ADAIR, James (?1743-98)
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