Robert Blair (minister)

[1] He served as chaplain to the Glasgow Highlanders and to H.M. Prison, Edinburgh,[1] and was awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD) on 15 August 1902.

[4] His grave is marked by a huge (6m) pale granite Celtic cross by Stewart McGlashan, facing the central path of the north section of the main cemetery.

[citation needed] A baptismal font honoring Blair was installed by the parishioners in the church at Cambuslang in 1908.

[5] Blair was also memorialized by a bust in St. Columba's Church, Glasgow and a window in Iona Abbey.

[5] Blair edited the Gaelic poems (with Memoir) of William Livingstone, (1808-1870), the Islay Bard (Glasgow, 1882).