Peter Blaker

The Right Honourable The Lord Blaker KCMG PC
Member of Parliament for Blackpool South
In office 15 October 1964 – 16 March 1992
Preceded by	Roland Robinson
Succeeded by	Nick Hawkins
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 10 October 1994 – 5 July 2009 Life peerage
Personal details
Born	Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker (1922-10-04)4 October 1922 British Hong Kong
Died	5 July 2009(2009-07-05) (aged 86)
Political party	Conservative
Spouse	Jennifer Dixon ​ (m. 1953)​
Children	3
Parent	Cedric Blaker (father)
Education	Shrewsbury School
Alma mater	New College, Oxford

Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker, KCMG, PC (4 October 1922 – 5 July 2009) was a British 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 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]

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 of Peter 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.[6] Motto Esto Quod Esse Videris (Be What You Seem To Be) Orders Order of St Michael & St George circlet (Appointed KCMG 1983)

In 1953, Blaker married Jennifer Dixon, daughter of diplomat Pierson Dixon. They had one son and two daughters.^[7]

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

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Mr Peter Blaker

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