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     Lt.-Col. David Walter Hunter Blair was born on 22 July 1894.² He was the son of Major Reginald Stanley Hunter Blair and Emily Gertrude Rhodes.² He married, firstly, Barbara Norman, daughter of George Cameron Norman, on 17 December 1919.² He and Barbara Norman were divorced in 1941.² He married, secondly, Hughe Thelma Reid, daughter of Hugh Edward Reid, on 6 August 1941.² He died on 6 March 1961 at age 66.²
     He was educated at Wellington College, Crowthorne, Berkshire, England.² He fought in the First World War, where he became a POW.² He fought in the Russian Civil War in 1919, in Military Intelligence.² He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Gordon Highlanders.² He was admitted to the Royal Company of Archers.² He fought in the Second World War.²

     Aline Rosemary Hunter Blair was born on 22 December 1921.² She was the daughter of Lt.-Col. David Walter Hunter Blair and Barbara Norman.² She married, firstly, Lt.-Col. David Theodor Dobie, son of David Walter Dobie, on 16 December 1944.² She married, secondly, Hugh Cam Hobhouse, son of Sir Reginald Arthur Hobhouse, 5th Bt. and Marjorie Chisholm Spencer, on 1 September 1949.² She and Hugh Cam Hobhouse were divorced in 1965.¹ She married, thirdly, Major John Alastair Livingston Timpson, son of Captain Lawrence Timpson, on 3 April 1965.² She and Lt.-Col. David Theodor Dobie were divorced in 1949.² She died on 5 September 2010 at age 88.³
     She was in Voluntary Aid Detachment during the Second World War.² From 16 December 1944, her married name became Dobie. From 1 September 1949, her married name became Hobhouse. From 3 April 1965, her married name became Timpson.²

     James Charles Hobhouse was born on 15 September 1951.¹ He is the son of Hugh Cam Hobhouse and Aline Rosemary Hunter Blair.² He married Sarah Sladen, daughter of David Sladen, in 1974.¹
     He was awarded the Military Cross (M.C.)² He was educated at Millfield School, Street, Somerset, England^G.¹

     Sarah Sladen is the daughter of David Sladen.² She married James Charles Hobhouse, son of Hugh Cam Hobhouse and Aline Rosemary Hunter Blair, in 1974.¹
     From 1974, her married name became Hobhouse.

     Rebecca Sarah Hobhouse was born in 1980.¹ She is the daughter of James Charles Hobhouse and Sarah Sladen.²

     Nicola Elizabeth Hobhouse was born in 1984.² She is the daughter of James Charles Hobhouse and Sarah Sladen.³

     Martin Hugh John Hobhouse was born on 6 May 1955.¹ He is the son of Hugh Cam Hobhouse and Aline Rosemary Hunter Blair.² He married Julia Isobel Craib, daughter of Dr. David Andrew Young Craib, in 1981.¹
     He was educated at Eton College, Windsor, Berkshire, England^G.¹

     Julia Isobel Craib is the daughter of Dr. David Andrew Young Craib.² She married Martin Hugh John Hobhouse, son of Hugh Cam Hobhouse and Aline Rosemary Hunter Blair, in 1981.¹
     From 1981, her married name became Hobhouse.