Geoffrey Blake (Royal Navy officer)
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Sir Geoffrey Blake KCB DSO (16 September 1882-18 July 1968) was an officer in the Royal Navy. Blake was born at Alverstoke in Hampshire, the son of Thomas Blake and Fanny Leatry. As a boy, he attended Winchester College before entering the Royal Navy in 1896. In 1911, Blake married Jean St. John Carr; with whom he had two daughters.
At the Battle of Jutland, Blake served as gunnery commander aboard HMS Iron Duke. In 1919, he was appointed naval attaché in Washington D.C., a position he held until 1921. Blake later commanded the Battle Cruiser Squadron from aboard HMS Hood during 1936 & 1937.
Later in life he held the post of Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod - Sergeant at Arms of the House of Lords.
[edit] External links
- Brief Biography of Geoffrey Blake by the HMS Hood Association
- Entry in the New Zealand Dictionary of National Biography
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Black Rod 1945–1949 |
Succeeded by Sir Brian Horrocks |
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