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Full name | John Percy Blake | ||||||||||||||
Nickname | Jack | ||||||||||||||
Born | 13 November 1874 Richmond, London, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 19 December 1950 London, England | (aged 76)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Fencing | ||||||||||||||
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John Percy Blake (13 November 1874 – 19 December 1950)[2] was a British local politician and sportsman.[3] He competed for the United Kingdom at fencing at the 1908, 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.[4][1] He was also a keen player of water polo and an amateur boxer.[2] In 1911, he won the épée title at the British Fencing Championships.[5]
During the First World War Blake was in charge of the priority section of the High Explosives Section of the Ministry of Munitions.[6] In 1919 he was elected to the London County Council as Progressive Party councillor representing Islington. He was re-elected for a second three-year term in 1922, and joined the Labour Party in 1924. From 1925 to 1931 he was a councillor representing Camberwell, Peckham. He lost his seat at the 1931 county council elections, but returned to the LCC as an alderman in 1934, holding his seat until 1946.[7] He was Chairman of the London County Council for 1942–43.[6] He was a member of the LCC Entertainments and Fire Brigade Committees, and of the Port of London Authority.[2][6]