Robert Blake
Robert Blake was an English historian. He was the author of the definitive biography of Disraeli. Educated at King Edward VI School, Norwich and Magdelan College, Oxford, where he took a First in Modern Greats, he served in the Royal Artillery during the war, became a prisoner of war in Italy from 1942-4, and escaped. He was Senior Proctor, 1959-60 and a Conservative member of the Oxford City Council, 1957-65.
Robert Blake was an English historian. He was the author of the definitive biography of Disraeli. Educated at King Edward VI School, Norwich and Magdelan College, Oxford, where he took a First in Modern Greats, he served in the Royal Artillery during the war, became a prisoner of war in Italy from 1942-4, and escaped. He was Senior Proctor, 1959-60 and a Conservative member of the Oxford City Council, 1957-65. See less