Person Adair; James (c 1743 - 1798) Adair James c 1743 - 1798 British Male 1743 21 July 1798 1798 Burial: Bunhill Fields burial ground, London, England

Barrister Education: BA (1764) MA (1767) Peterhouse, Cambridge Career: Called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn; Counsel in the trial of the printers of 'Junius's letters' (1771); MP for Cockermouth (1775-1780); Recorder of London (1779-1789); King's Sergeant; joined London Volunteers force and died returning from a shooting exercise (1798) Fellow 10/04/1788 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 c 1743 - 21 Jul 1798 NA2774 21/11/2001 Andyg pmab 17/03/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes da7434f9-3c24-4b6c-b0bf-aee0be35b7a3