Reginald Blaker


Sir Reginald Blaker, 2nd Baronet TD was a British Conservative politician.
Blaker was the son of Sir John Blaker, 1st Baronet, Mayor of Brighton, and his wife Eliza. He was educated at Charterhouse and was later called to the Bar, Inner Temple. He succeeded his father in 1926, becoming the 2nd Baronet. In 1931, he was elected to the House of Commons as Member of Parliament for Spelthorne, a seat he retained until 1945.
He served in the Special Reserve with the Coldstream Guards and was commissioned into the 57th Field Brigade, Royal Artillery in 1923. He fought in the Second World War as a Major in the Royal Artillery and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1942.
Blaker married Sheila Kellas, daughter of Alexander Cran, in 1930, and they had a daughter, Anne, and a son, John. He died in January 1975, aged 74, and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his son John.