Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker
Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker KCMG PC (4 October 1922 – 5 July 2009) was an English Conservative politician.
Blaker was born in Hong Kong, son of Cedric Blaker. He was educated at Shrewsbury School before being evacuated to Canada in 1939. There he took a degree in classics, before being commissioned in the Canadian Army. On return to England he went to New College, Oxford. He qualified as a lawyer, and later joined the Foreign Office. In 1964 he was elected Member of Parliament for Blackpool South, which he represented until 1992. In Parliament, he served as a Minister for the Army (1972–74), Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1974 and 1979–81). He was a Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence from 29 May 1981,[1] until 9 June 1983.[2] He was made a Privy Counsellor in June 1983, and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) on 21 July 1983.[3]
On 10 October 1994 he was created a life peer as Baron Blaker, of Blackpool in the County of Lancaster and of Lindfield in the County of West Sussex.[4]
Blaker married Jennifer Dixon in 1953; they had a son and two daughters.
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Footnotes
- ↑ Keele: Ministerial membership of MOD 1970-97
- ↑ Keele: Ministers who left the MoD who haven't gone elsewhere in Government
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 49424. p. 9700. 22 July 1983.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 53818. p. 14327. 13 October 1994.
External links
- Lord Blaker - Daily Telegraph obituary
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1987
- The Peerage Website
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Preceded by Roland Robinson |
Member of Parliament for Blackpool South 1964–1992 |
Succeeded by Nick Hawkins |