- 5th Baronet Adair
- Justice of the Peace - Norfolk
- Justice of the Peace - Suffolk
- Deputy Lieutenant - County Antrim
Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 4th Baronet Adair was born 18 August 1862 in England, United Kingdom to Hugh Edward Adair (1815-1902) and Harriet Camilla Adair (1838-1909) and died 9 October 1949 England, United Kingdom of unspecified causes. He married Mary Bosanquet (1862-1950) 4 December 1890 in Misterton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom.
He graduated from Oxford University, Oxford, Oxfordshire, EnglandG, with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)1 He was admitted to Inner Temple entitled to practise as a Barrister-at-Law.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Norfolk.1 He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Suffolk.1 He held the office of Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) of County Antrim.1 He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Adair [U.K., 1838] on 8 April 1915.1
Adair Baronets
Adair Baronetcy, of Flixton Hall in the County of Suffolk, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom given to a distinguished branch of the Adair Family.[1] It was created on 2 August 1838 for Robert Adair. He was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baronet, Robert who sat as Member of Parliament for Cambridge. In 1873 he was created Baron Waveney, of South Elmham in the County of Suffolk, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom for services rendered as Lord-Lieutenant of County Antrim and Aide-de-Camp to Her Majesty Queen Victoria of England.[2] The barony became extinct on his death in 1886 while he was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother, Hugh Adair, the third Baronet. The latter had earlier represented Ipswich in Parliament. Two of his sons, the fourth and fifth Baronets, both succeeded in the title. The fifth Baronet's son, the sixth Baronet, was a Major-General in the British Army during World War II. The title became extinct on the latter's death in 1988.
- See Also Adair Family Ancestry.
- See Also Ballymena Castle - primary family estate in County Antrim, Northern Ireland.
Ballymena Castle
From a postcard of the early 20th Century.
Ballymena Castle was a large estate located in the village of Ballymena in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The land was first given to the Adair family by King Charles I in 1626, with a right to hold two annual fairs and a free Saturday market in perpetuity. As of 2018, the Saturday market still runs.
The Adairs were active in helping Scotch settlers settle the "Ulster Plantation" in Northern Ireland. In the 1600s Sir Robert Adair (d. 1655) built Ballymena Castle as a centre for their Irish estates. But a great portion of the Adair Family continued at their main residence in Kilhilt Tower in Wigtownshire, Scotland. For time Ballymena was renamed "Kinhiltshire". In 1865, one of the key descendants, Robert Alexander Shafto Adair (2nd Baronet Adair) made extensive modifications to the castle.
Sir Robert’s son and heir, Robert Alexander Shafto Adair h bt.]], who was a London barrister with literary and musical interests, lived principally at Flixton, but the house there deteriorated during the Second World War, and when his son Maj-Gen. Sir Allan Adair (1897-1988) inherited, he sold the contents and the house in 1950, and it was pulled down shortly afterwards.
Ballymena Castle was little used in the 20th century. The house was still standing in 1953 but was subject to vandalism and arson and was sold and demolished in 1957. Sir Allan served as Lieutenant of HM Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard from 1951-67 and lived at Anmer Hall on the Sandringham estate and after his retirement at Harleston and Raveningham (Norfolk). His only son having been killed in action in 1943, the line of the Adairs of Flixton and Ballymena ended with him; the chieftainship of the Adair Clan passed to his second cousin, Dr. Allan Adair (1907-2008), whose achievement of a centenary highlights the notable longevity of many members of the family from the 17th century onwards.
Marriage and Children
- Camilla Mary Shafto Adair (1895-1981)
- Robert Desmond Shafto Adair (1896-1896) - died young.
- Allan Henry Shafto Adair, 6th Baronet Adair (1897-1988) - British Officer in World War II.
Children
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Camilla Mary Shafto Adair (1895-1981) | |||
| Robert Desmond Shafto Adair (1896-1896) | |||
| Allan Henry Shafto Adair, 6th Baronet Adair (1897-1988) | 3 November 1897 Marylebone, Greater London, England, United Kingdom | 4 August 1988 Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom | Enid Violet Ida Ward (1897-1984) |
Siblings
| Name | Birth | Death | Joined with |
| Henrietta Mary Adair (1857-) | |||
| Hugh Alexander Shafto Adair (1858-1868) | |||
| Frederick Edward Shafto Adair (1860-1915) | 26 December 1860 Ipswich, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | 8 April 1915 Bungay, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom | |
| Robert Shafto Adair, 5th Baronet Adair (1862-1949) | 18 August 1862 England, United Kingdom | 9 October 1949 England, United Kingdom | Mary Bosanquet (1862-1950) |
| Camilla Beatrix Mary Adair (1867-1936) | |||
Residences
See Also
- Robert Adair
- Adair Family
- Adair Family Ancestry
- Adair in London
- Adair of Ballymena Castle and Flixton Hall, Baronets - Landed Families of England Blog.
References
- Sir Robert Shafto Adair, 5th Bt at thePeerage
- Sir Shafto Adair, 5th Baronet - Geni.com
- Townend, Peter. Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 105th edition. London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1970.
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Frederick Edward Shafto Adair (1860-1915) |
Baronet Adair (of Flixton Hall, Suffolk) 1915-1949 |
Succeeded by Allan Henry Shafto Adair, 6th Baronet Adair (1897-1988) |