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EHRMAN, John Patrick William, FBA 1970; historian; b 17 March 1920; o s of late Albert and Rina Ehrman; m 1948, Elizabeth Susan Anne, d of late Vice-Adm. Sir Geoffrey Blake, KCB, DSO; four s. Educ: Charterhouse; Trinity Coll., Cambridge (MA). Served Royal Navy, 1940–45. Fellow of Trinity Coll., Cambridge, 1947–52; Historian, Cabinet Office, 1948-56; Lees Knowles Lectr, Cambridge, 1957-58; James Ford Special Lectr, Oxford, 1976-77. Hon. Treas., Friends of the National Libraries, 1960-77; Trustee of the Nat. Portrait Gall., 1971-85; Member: Reviewing Cttee on Export of Works of Art, 1970-76; Royal Commn on Historical Manuscripts, 1973-; Chm., Adv. Cttee to British Library Reference Div., 1975–84; Panizzi Foundn Selection Council, 1983–; Vice-Pres., Navy Records Soc., 1968-70, 1974–76. FSA 1958; FRHistS. Publications: The Navy in the War of William III, 1953; Grand Strategy, 1943–5 (2 vols, UK Official Military Histories of the Second World War), 1956; Cabinet Government and War, 1890–1940, 1958; The British Government and Commercial Negotiations with Europe, 1783-1793, 1962; The Younger Pitt, vol. 1, The Years of Acclaim, 1969, vol. 2, The Reluctant Transition, 1983. Address: The Mead Barns, Taynton, near Burford, Oxfordshire OX8 5UH. Clubs: Army and Navy, Beefsteak, Garrick.