Peter Blaker, Baron Blaker
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Sir Peter Allan Renshaw Blaker, Baron Blaker KCMG PC (born 4 October 1922) is a British Conservative politician.
In parliament, he served as a Minister for the Army (1972-74), Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1974 and 1979-81) and the Armed Forces (1979-81). He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1983.
He was MP for Blackpool South from 1964 until he retired in 1992. In 1994 he accepted a life peerage and became Baron Blaker, of Blackpool in the County of Lancaster and of Lindfield in the County of West Sussex.
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- 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 |