death_date nationality relatives parents birth_date spouse article_title name occupation
9 september 1841 british lambert father-in-law -rrb- william henry stopford -lrb- brother-in-law -rrb- blair -lrb- paternal uncle -rrb- edward stopford -lrb- john blair 1788 elizabeth catherine stopford james blair -lrb- mp -rrb-
 james blair planter , politician
james blair -lrb- mp -rrb-

james blair -lrb- 1788 -- 9 september 1841 -rrb- was a scots-irish owner of plantations in the west indies .
he entered parliament as a tory in 1818 to protect the interests of slave-owners .
blair sat in the house of commons from 1818 to 1830 , and later from 1837 to 1841 .
when slave-owners were compensated for the abolition of slavery in british colonies in 1833 , blair received the biggest single compensation payment .
