Caspar Phair

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Caspar Phair (died 1933) was one of Lillooet, British Columbia's first settlers. He came emigrated from Ireland with his wife, Cerise. Caspar Phair was Lillooet's first government agent, a gold commissioner, coroner, teacher, and merchant. He built Longford House in the 1880's, an elegant building that was partially modelled after Mrs. Phair's home castle, Eyrecourt, of County Galway in Ireland.

Caspar Phair's son, A.W.A. Artie Phair, was a coroner as well as a noted chronicler and photographer of Lillooet's history.

Caspar and Cerise Phair died in 1933, leaving their house to Harold Phair, Artie's son. Longford House was later bought by Dr. Masajiro Miyazaki and is now called the Miyazaki House.