Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair dies aged 72 | Daily Mail Online

Former Metropolitan Police commissioner Lord Blair, who was in charge of the force during the July 7 bombings, has died at the age of 72.Ian Blair, who ran the force from 2005 to 2008, took a seat as a crossbench peer in 2010 when he became Lord Blair of Boughton. He had been knighted in 1999.Lord Blair, who had been an often controversial top officer, "continued to be a friend of policing and police officers" after he left the force, according to the current Metropolitan Police Commissioner.