Michael George BrockCBE FRSL FRHistS (9 March 1920 – 30 April 2014) was a British historian who was associated with severalOxford colleges during his academic career.^[1][2] He wasWarden ofNuffield College, Oxford, from 1978 to 1988.

Michael Brock was born inBromley, Kent, England. His parents were SirLaurence Brock, a civil servant for the British government, and Margery (née Hodder-Williams). He had an older brother, Patrick, and younger sister, Janet.

Brock was educated at apreparatory school and then, from 1934,Wellington College, Berkshire. In 1938, he joinedCorpus Christi College,University of Oxford, to studyClassics. In 1940 duringWorld War II, he joined theMiddlesex Regiment of theBritish Army. In 1943, he fell ill in North Africa and returned toCheshire as anadjutant. He rejoined Corpus Christi College in September 1945, but decided to studymodern history instead of Classics, gaining afirst class degree in 1948.

Brock continued after 1948 at Corpus Christi College until 1966, serving as a junior research fellow, senior tutor, proctor, librarian, and dean. He then became Deputy President to SirIsaiah Berlin atWolfson College, a new graduate college at Oxford. He held a visiting professor position at theHebrew University inJerusalem, Israel.

Brock and his wife Eleanor moved toBologna, Italy, to work collaboratively on editing letters written byH. H. Asquith, a former British Liberal Prime Minister, which were stored in Rome. The letters were written before and during theFirst World War to the socialiteVenetia Stanley (1887–1948), the daughter ofLord Stanley.

On his to England, in 1977 Brock briefly joined theUniversity of Exeter to oversee a merger withSt Luke's College of Education. In 1978, he returned to Oxford to becomeWarden ofNuffield College, succeeding SirNorman Chester.

Brock edited volumes 6 and 7 ofThe History of the University of Oxford, published byOxford University Press. Until 2000, he sat on theHebdomadal Council, the executive council of Oxford University. In 1988, Brock left Nuffield College to become Warden ofSt George's House atWindsor Castle for five years.

In 1981, Brock was appointed a CBE. In 1983 he became a Fellow of theRoyal Society of Literature. He was also a Fellow of theRoyal Historical Society.

His former college, Corpus Christi College, established theMichael Brock Junior Research Fellowship in his honour.^[3]

• Brock, Michael (1973).The Great Reform Act.HarperCollins Publishers.ISBN 978-0091159115.
• Brock, Michael; Brock, Eleanor, eds. (1982).H. H. Asquith: Letters to Venetia Stanley.Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0192122001.
• Brock, Michael G.; Curthoys, Mark C., eds. (1997).Nineteenth Century Oxford, Part 1. The History of the University of Oxford. Vol. VI.Clarendon Press.ISBN 978-0199510160.
• Brock, Michael G.; Curthoys, Mark C., eds. (2000).Nineteenth Century Oxford, Part 2. The History of the University of Oxford. Vol. VII. Clarendon Press.ISBN 978-0199510177.
• Brock, Michael; Brock, Eleanor, eds. (2014).Margot Asquith's Great War Diary 1914–1916: The View from Downing Street. Oxford University Press.ISBN 978-0198229773.

Michael Brock married Eleanor Morrison on 28 July 1949 inDufftown, Scotland. They lived inMerton Street, centralOxford, and their first child, George, was born in 1951. The couple moved toLinton Road,North Oxford, in 1952. Their second child, David, was born in 1955, and their third child, Paul, was born in 1959.

In 2014, Michael Brock died in Oxford.

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