{{Short description|English historian, academic, and writer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Roger Lockyer''' (27 November 1927 &ndash; 28 October 2017)<ref name= BBC/> was an English historian, academic, and writer. He had been educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was a reader in history at Royal Holloway, University of London for many years, specialising in research and writing on the Tudor (1471-1603) and Stuart (1603-1714) periods.<ref name= BBC>{{cite web |last1=Hutton |first1=Alice |title= Obituary: Gay rights pioneer Roger Lockyer|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41851871|website=BBC News|accessdate=17 November 2017|date=4 November 2017}}</ref>

==Major works==

* ''Tudor and Stuart Britain'', 3rd edition, (London 2004, Pearson). [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.100165/page/n5/mode/2up online] The first edition of this book, covering the period from 1471 to 1714, was published in 1964, and a second edition appeared in 1985. This work is considered a standard reference for this period in English history, covering the full range of Tudor and Stuart rulers.

* ''Henry VII'', 3rd edition, (London 1997, Routledge); revised by Andrew Thrush. The first edition of this book was published in 1968, for the Seminar Studies in History series. A second edition appeared in 1983, and the third edition was republished after revisions to the text by Andrew Thrush.

* ''Habsburg and Bourbon Europe, 1470-1720'', (London 1974, Longman).

* ''Buckingham: The Life and Political Career of George Villiers, First Duke of Buckingham, 1592-1628'', (London 1981, Longman). George Villiers was a favourite of King James I.

* ''The Early Stuarts: The Political History of England 1603-1642'', 2nd edition, (London 1999, Longman). The first edition of this book was published in 1989.

* ''James VI and I'', by Roger Lockyer, 2nd edition, (London 1998, Longman). James I was the first Stuart King of England.

==Personal life== On 21 December 2005, Lockyer entered into a civil partnership with Percy Stevens, his life partner of 39 years, at the registry office in Westminster, London.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Casciani|first1=Dominic|title=39 years of waiting|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4497416.stm|website=BBC News|access-date=19 December 2015|date=5 December 2005}}</ref> On 26 June 2014 they were among the first couples to legally convert their civil partnership into a marriage.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Casciani|first1=Dominic|title=Together nearly 49 years – married at last after civil partnership conversion|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/dec/10/civil-partnership-marriage-conversion-same-sex-couples-mary-portas-first|website=The Guardian|accessdate=30 June 2016|date=10 December 2014}}</ref>

He died on 28 October 2017 at the age of 89.<ref>[http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/218603/lockyer LOCKYER]</ref><ref name= BBC/>

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