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| Birth name | Alexander Stevenson Blair | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 3 June 1865 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 10 September 1936 (aged 60) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Loretto School | ||||||||||||||||
| University | Brasenose College, Oxford | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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| 36th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||
| In office 1909–1910 | |||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | David Cassels | ||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Charles Fleming | ||||||||||||||||
Alexander Blair was a Scottish rugby union player. He was the 36th President of the Scottish Rugby Union. He became a Colonel in the army and then became President of the British Legion and Chairman of the Earl Haig Fund. An advocate to trade he was a Writer to the Signet. He received a CBE in the New Years Honours List of 1933.[1]