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Lord Ian Blair has died at the age of 72. Ian Blair, who ran the Metropolitan Police from 2005 to 2008, took a seat as a crossbench peer in 2010.
The Christ Church community would like to extend its condolences to the family of Ian Blair, the Lord Blair of Boughton QPM, who has died at the age of 72.
Lord Blair, an alumnus and honorary student of Christ Church, served as the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police during a controversial period and was removed by Tory mayor Boris Johnson.
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