Cedric Blaker
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Cedric Blaker CBE, MC, ED, JP |
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| Unofficial Member of the Executive Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 1954–1955 |
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| Appointed by | Sir Alexander Grantham |
| Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong | |
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In office 27 April 1949 – 6 March 1958 |
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| Appointed by | Sir Alexander Grantham |
| Preceded by | P. S. Cassidy |
| Succeeded by | J. D. Clague |
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19 November 1889 West Sussex, England |
| Died | 18 June 1965 (aged 75) East Sussex, England |
| Spouse(s) | Louise Chapple (m. 1921) |
| Children |
Peter Allan Renshaw Derek John Renshaw |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Cedric Blaker, CBE, MC, ED, JP (19 November 1889 – 18 June 1965) was a British entrepreneur in China and Hong Kong. He was the chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, the South China Morning Post and the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce and also an unofficial member of the Executive Council and the Legislative Council of Hong Kong.
His son, Lord Peter Blaker, was a Conservative minister.
Blaker was born in West Sussex, England on 19 November 1889 to Cecil Renshaw Blaker and Annie Kirtley Blaker. His father was the first priest at Turners Hill from 1877 to 1914. He had a brother called Brian Oscar Blaker.
He served as a Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment in France from 1916 to 1919 during the First World War and was awarded the Military Cross. After the war, he went to China and joined the Gilman & Co., a trading firm in China and became its director. He was interned during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong and survived the war.
After the war, he remained active in the public life. In 1949, he was first appointed unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong as a representative of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce during the absence of P. S. Cassidy. He replaced H. J. Collar to be elected to the Legislative Council in 1953 in which he served until 1958.
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