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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Blair, James William, Sir., 1871-
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Description area
Dates of existence
1871-
History
Sir James William Blair, KCMG, 1870 to 1944, was an Australian politician, lawyer and judge. He was elected to the Queensland Parliament on several occasions and became Attorney-General in 1903. In later life he took up an appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court of Queensland and went on to become the Chief Justice of that court. Blair took on many civic roles including that of Chancellor of the University of Queensland in 1927.