[3] More recent scholarship has re-evaluated Hugh Blair from within the neurodiversity paradigm.
In 1746, Blair married a surgeon's daughter named Nickie Mitchell.
In 1748, his brother (and guardian) John successfully sought to have the marriage annulled by the Commissary Court of Edinburgh.
[8] He was also given a questionnaire by the court to test his competency, but he simply rewrote the questions rather than answering them.
Hugh was alleged to have engaged in a number of unusual behaviours including: