 He served as chaplain to the Glasgow Highlanders and to H.M. Prison, Edinburgh, and was awarded the Volunteer Officers' Decoration (VD) on 15 August 1902.Blair married Flora Anne Cameron, daughter of Duncan Cameron, inventor of the ""Waverley"" pen nib, on 29 October 1889.Flora's mother - Mary Brown Small - and her family were members of the Smalls of Dirnanean in Perthshire, Scotland.