Robert Lacey

Robert Lacey
Lacey at Surrey County Library's speaking event in 2012
Born (1944-01-03) 3 January 1944
Occupation
  • Historian
  • writer
NationalityBritish
Alma materSelwyn College, Cambridge
Genres
  • History
  • biography
Spouse
Alexandra Jane Avrach
(m. 1970; sep. 2004)
    (m. 2012)
    Children3

    Robert Lacey (born 3 January 1944) is a British historian and biographer. He is the author of a number of best-selling biographies, including those of Henry Ford, Eileen Ford, Queen Elizabeth II and other royals, as well as several other works of popular history. Nowadays he is best known for his work as historian to the Netflix drama The Crown. Lacey was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he studied history.