A Naval Biographical Dictionary/Blair, Horatio
BLAIR. (Commander, 1841. f-p., 20; h-p., 8.)
Horatio Blair entered the Royal Naval College 3 June, 1819; and embarked, in April, 1822, as Midshipman, on board the Ariadne 28, Capt. Constantine Rich. Moorsom, stationed at the Cape of Good Hope, whence, after removing to the Andromache 42, Commodore Joseph Nourse, he returned home in 1825, as Mate, in the Galatea 42, Capt. Sir Chas. Sullivan. Having passed his examination in 1826, he was promoted to a Lieutenancy, 28 April, 1827, in the Asia 84, bearing the flag in the Mediterranean of Sir Edw. Codrington, under whom, including the battle of Navarin, he continued to serve until obliged to invalid, in 1830. His next appointments were – 17 May, 1831, to the Pallas 42, Capt. Wm. Walpole, in the West Indies – and, in 1832, to the Gannet 18, Capt. Mark Halpen Sweny, which vessel he left in March, 1833. He was afterwards employed in the Coast Guard, from 16 Aug. 1838, until advanced to the rank he now holds, 23 Nov. 1841; and, since 7 July, 1843, has been officiating as an Inspecting Commander in the same service.
He became a widower 8 Jan. 1846. Agents – Hallett and Robinson.