The crossbench peer was in charge of the force between 2005 and 2008, including during the London bombings of 7 July, 2005.
His death was confirmed by Christ Church Oxford, where he studied English and later became an honorary student.
“Lord Blair, an alumnus and honorary student (fellow) of Christ Church, served as the commissioner of the Metropolitan Police from 2005 to 2008.”
He went on to lead major investigations, including the response to the King’s Cross fire of 1987.
“My thoughts are with his loved ones.”
Lord Blair was appointed commissioner of the force in February 2005 – just months before a series of bombings killed 52 people on London’s transport network on 7 July of that year.
The force was found to have breached health and safety laws in the shooting.
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In a 2010 interview at the Hay festival, Blair said he “regrets” and was “accountable” for the shooting but he was “not responsible”.
In his resignation letter, Lord Blair said: “It has been the proudest task of my life to lead the men and women of the Metropolitan Police.
In an interview with The Guardian in 2009, Blair also said the Met had “a history of doing the best things in policing that have been done anywhere in the world, and a set of tragedies and horrors.
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