Robert Lacey

Robert Lacey
Lacey at Surrey County Library's speaking event in 2012
Born	(1944-01-03) 3 January 1944 (age 80)
Occupation	Historian writer
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Selwyn College, Cambridge
Genres	History biography
Spouse	Alexandra Jane Avrach ​ ​ (m. 1970; sep. 2004)​ Lady Jane Rayne ​ (m. 2012)​
Children	3

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,^[1] 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 award-winning drama The Crown. Lacey was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he studied history.