Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker

The Right Honourable The Lord Blaker KCMG PC
Blaker in 1978

Member of Parliament for Blackpool South
In office 16 October 1964 – March 1992
Preceded by	Roland Robinson
Succeeded by	Nick Hawkins

Personal details
Born	4 October 1922
Died	5 July 2009 (aged 86)
Alma mater	New College, Oxford

Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker, KCMG, PC (4 October 1922 – 5 July 2009) was an English Conservative politician.

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]

Blaker married Jennifer Dixon in 1953; they had a son and two daughters.

Styles and arms

Styles of address

1922–1964: Mr Peter Blaker
1964–1983: Mr Peter Blaker MP
1983: The Rt Hon. Peter Blaker MP
1983–1992: The Rt Hon. Sir Peter Blaker KCMG MP
1992–1994: The Rt Hon. Sir Peter Blaker KCMG
1994–2009: The Rt Hon. The Lord Blaker KCMG PC

Coat of arms

Arms of Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker
Coronet A Coronet of a Baron Crest A Horse's Head Sable maned Or bridled Argent reined Ermine Escutcheon Per pale Argent and Or on a Chevron Sable between three Martlets volant Azure each holding in the beak a Rose slipped Gules seeded Or two Blackamoor Heads couped Argent the ears ringed Or between three Ermine Spots Argent Supporters Dexter: a Wildcat guardant Or; Sinister: a Chinese Dragon also Or Motto Esto Quod Esse Videris (Be what you seem to be) Orders Order of St Michael & St George circlet (Appointed KCMG 1983)

Footnotes

↑ Keele: Ministerial membership of MOD 1970-97
↑ Keele: Ministers who left the MoD who haven't gone elsewhere in Government
↑ "No. 49375". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1983. p. 1.
↑ "No. 49424". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 July 1983. p. 9700.
↑ "No. 53818". The London Gazette. 13 October 1994. p. 14327.

External links

Lord Blaker - Daily Telegraph obituary

References

Times Guide to the House of Commons, 1987
The Peerage Website

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Roland Robinson	Member of Parliament for Blackpool South 1964–1992	Succeeded by Nick Hawkins

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