About Geoffrey Blake
Lived 1882 – 1968 (aged 85). Geoffrey Blake was a naval officer.
Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake, (16 September 1882 – 18 July 1968) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served as Fourth Sea Lord from 1932 to 1935.
Naval career 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 1897. He served in the First World War and at the Battle of Jutland, as gunnery commander aboard .
Family In 1911 Blake married Jean St. John Carr; they had two daughters, one of whom married the historian John Ehrman.
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Who was Geoffrey Blake?
Royal Navy Vice Admiral
When was Geoffrey Blake born?
Geoffrey Blake was born on 16 September 1882.
When did Geoffrey Blake die?
Geoffrey Blake died on 18 July 1968 in Chelsea.
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Geoffrey Blake was a naval officer.
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