Alfred Stair (15 May 1845 – 2 March 1914) was an English civil servant, who was the referee at the first three FA Cup Finals, all of which were played in London in 1872, 1873 and 1874.
Alfred Stair served as Accountant and Comptroller-General of Board of the Inland Revenue at Somerset House from 1900 to 1910.
He was born on 15 May 1845 in Greenwich, Kent, the third child (and eldest son) of Thomas Stair (1802–1875), Deputy Comptroller-General of the Board of the Inland Revenue, and Ann (née Davis).
Like Stair his assistants (Umpires), JH Giffard, for the Royal Engineers, and James Kirkpatrick for the Wanderers, were also civil servants.
Alfred and Elisabeth had two sons, Arthur Cecil Stair and Vernon Stair, and four daughters, Gertrude, Maude (who married Sir Archibald Hurd, brother of Sir Percy Hurd), Lilian and Eva.