Stephen Blair | |
Office: | Member of Parliament for Bolton |
Term Start: | 12 September 1848 |
Term End: | 9 July 1852 |
Alongside: | Joshua Walmsley (1849–1852) John Bowring (1848–1849) |
Predecessor: | William Bolling John Bowring |
Successor: | Thomas Barnes Joseph Crook |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1804 |
Birth Place: | Wigton, Cumberland |
Nationality: | British |
Party: | Conservative |
Stephen Blair JP (21 March 1804 – 5 July 1870) was a British Conservative politician.
The first Conservative Mayor of Bolton, holding the post from 1845 to 1846, Blair was elected Conservative MP for Bolton at a by-election in 1848—caused by the death of William Bolling—and held the seat until 1852 when he was defeated.[1]
Blair was a prominent Freemason rising to Provincial Grand Master.
Upon his death, Blair donated £30,000 to be used for the building and running of Blair Hospital — named after him — in Bolton.[2] [3]