Birth Name: Anthony Charles Lynton Blair
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Birth: 6 May 1953
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, Ulster-Scots
Tony Blair is a British politician. A member of the Labour Party, he served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1997 to 2007.
Prime Minister Blair is the son of Hazel (Corscadden) and Leo Blair (Leo Charles Lynton Blair), a barrister and law lecturer. Leo Blair was born Charles Leonard Augustus Parsons, the son of traveling entertainers, and was adopted by Mary and James Blair.
Prime Minister Blair’s paternal grandparents were Charles Parsons (the son of Tom Parsons and Mary Anne Wright) and Mary Augusta Ridgway Bridson (the daughter of Augustus William Bridson and Maria Emily Montford).
Prime Minister Blair’s maternal grandparents were George Corscadden (the son of Thomas Corscaden and Martha Johnstone) and Sarah Margaret Lipsett (the daughter of James Lipsett and Mary Patterson). George was from Glasgow, Scotland. Sarah had Ulster-Scots and Scottish ancestry.
Sources: Genealogies of Tony Blair – http://www.geni.com
http://www.wikitree.com
http://genealogy.lovetoknow.com
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