William Adair

Sir William Adair
Adair c.1910
Born(1850-06-21)21 June 1850
Gosport, Hampshire
Died29 December 1931(1931-12-29) (aged 81)[1]
Kensington, London
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Marines
Years of service1867–c.1911
RankGeneral
Battles/warsSecond Boer War
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
RelationsGeneral Sir Charles Adair (father)
Admiral Charles Henry Adair (brother)

General Sir William Thompson Adair KCB (21 June 1850 – 29 December 1931) was a Royal Marines officer and Ulster Unionist.[2][3]

  1. ^ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage, of Great Britain and Ireland. S. Low, Marston & Company. 1912. p. 82. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Obituary: Gen. Sir. W. T. Adair. A Veteran of the Royal Marines". The Times. 31 December 1931. p. 12.
  3. ^ DJ Hickey & JE Doherty (2003). A New Dictionary of Irish History from 1800. Gill & Macmillan, Dublin. p. 4.