Peter Blaker
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| Member of Parliament for Blackpool South | |
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| Preceded by | Roland Robinson |
| Succeeded by | Nick Hawkins |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
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| Born | Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker Script error: No such module "person date". |
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| Party | Conservative |
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Jennifer Dixon
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| Children | 3 |
| ParentScript error: No such module "Detect singular". | Cedric Blaker (father) |
| Education | Shrewsbury School |
| New College, Oxford | |
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Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker, KCMG, PC (4 October 1922 – 5 July 2009) was a British Conservative politician.
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Early life
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.
Political career
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 sworn of the Privy Council in the 1983 Birthday Honours,[3] and was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) on 21 July 1983.[4]
House of Lords
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.[5]
Coat of arms
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Personal life
In 1953, Blaker married Jennifer Dixon, daughter of diplomat Pierson Dixon. They had one son and two daughters.[7]
Footnotes
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Keele: Ministerial membership of MOD 1970-97". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Keele: Ministers who left the MoD who haven't gone elsewhere in Government". Archived from the original on 19 January 2009. Retrieved 26 April 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.[Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". "No. 49375"]. The London Gazette (Script error: No such module "London Gazette util".). 10 June 1983. p. Script error: No such module "London Gazette util"..
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{{cite magazine}}: Check|url=value (help); More than one of|pages=and|page=specified (help)Script error: No such module "London Gazette util". - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Debrett's Peerage. 2003. p. 164.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Lord Blaker (obituary)". The Telegraph. 7 July 2009. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
References
- Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1987
- The Peerage Website
External links
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