Background
BLAKE, Robert was born on December 23, 1916 in Blofield, Norfolk. Son of William J. Blake and Norah L. Daynes.
BLAKE, Robert was born on December 23, 1916 in Blofield, Norfolk. Son of William J. Blake and Norah L. Daynes.
King Edward VI School, Norwich, and Magdalen College, Oxford.
Deputy Minister of National Defence since 1979. Chief of Staff, CzechoNorman William Blake, Master of Arts, Fellow of the British Academy Justice of the Peace British academic.
Lecturer in Politics, Christ Church, Oxford 1946-1947, Student and Tutor in Politics 1947-1968, Honorary Student 1977.
Censor 1950-1955; Senior Proctor 1959-1960. Ford’s Lecturer in English History 1967-1968.
President Electoral Reform Society since 1986. Chairman since 1982), Board of Trustees of British Museum.
Rhodes Trustee 1971-1987, Chairman 1983-1987.
Minister (Life of Andrew Bonar Law) 1955, Disraeli 1966, The Conservative Party from Peel to Churchill 1970, The Office of Prime Minister 1975, A History of Rhodesia 1977, Disraeli’s Grand Tour 1982, The English World (editor) 1982, The Conservative Party from Peel to Thatcher 1985, The Decline of Power 1985, Salisbury: the man and his policies (co-editor) 1987, World History: From 1800 to the Present Day 1988 (editor).
Hebdomadal Council 1959-1981. Royal Commission, on Historical Manuscripts. Board of Channel 4 television 1983-1987.
Married Patricia M. Waters in 1953.