Hugh Blair of Borgue
Hugh Blair was a laird from Borgue in Kirkcudbrightshire.
Hugh was the oldest son of David Blair and Grizell Blair. Hugh had three siblings—a young brother John and two sisters. Hugh's father had died in 1716.
In 1737, Hugh's younger brother John became his legal guardian. In 1746, Blair married a surgeon's daughter named Nicholas Mitchell. In 1748, his brother John successfully sought to have the marriage annulled by the Commissary Court of Edinburgh.
Hugh was alleged to have engaged in a number of unusual behaviours including:
Modern writers have speculated that records of Hugh Blair might be consistent with a modern diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder.
