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supporter of the proposal to fix age limits for all future members of 
the Senatus. 
Blyth was fond of many sports and pastimes — archery, bowls, curling, 
football, golf, shooting, etc. ; but probably he was most in evidence in 
playing at and legislating upon golf. 
He was the first Chairman of the Rules of Golf Committee, set up by 
the Royal and Ancient Club of St Andrews in preference to a Golfing 
Union. He took great pains in framing clear decisions upon the various 
knotty points which were submitted from all parts of the globe. 
When there was a proposal to abolish golf on Bruntsfield Links, Blyth, 
who had long ceased to play there, as he had plenty of private courses to 
play on, threw his whole weight and Parliamentary skill into the protection 
of his less fortunate fellow-citizens, with the result that golfing on Brunts- 
field Links was only stopped by the Town Council after they had provided 
a proper substitute course on the Braid Hills. 
He married, in 1872, Millicent, youngest daughter of Thomas Edward 
Taylor, of Dod worth Hall, Yorkshire, who predeceased him in 1914 ; and 
he is survived by an only daughter, the wife of Mr John Charles 
Couper, W.S. 
At the date of his death, Mr Hall Blyth held the following appoint- 
ments : — Chairman of the Edinburgh and District Tramways Company ; 
Chairman of the Scottish Canadian Mortgage Company ; Director of the 
National Bank of Scotland; Director of the Edinburgh Life Insurance 
Company ; Director of Merchiston Castle Schools ; Director of the Royal 
Hospital for Sick Children. 
Mr Hall Blyth had an impressive personality. Exceptionally tall and 
massive, he had a distinctive appearance on the platform. His campaigns 
in East Lothian as Unionist candidate in opposition to Lord Haldane and 
Mr J. D. Hope were carried through with characteristic vigour and energy. 
For some years he was Chairman of the Unionist Association for Haddington- 
shire. In recognition of his services he was presented with his portrait, 
the presentation being made at Haddington by the Rt. Hon. A. J. Balfour. 
