Edward Blaker

Who was Edward Blaker?

Edward Blaker was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1678.

Blaker was the son of Edward Blaker of Buckinghams, Shoreham, and his wife Susanna Scrase, daughter of Tuppen Scrase, of Blatchington. He was admitted student of the Inner Temple in November 1647. In 1657 he was High Sheriff of Sussex.

Blaker was elected Member of Parliament for New Shoreham in the Third Protectorate Parliament of 1659. He was re-elected in 1660 and held the seat until 1678.

Blaker died in September 1678, aged 48.

Blaker married Dorothy Goring, daughter of Henry Goring of Heydown.