title: Robert Blake Yardley
text: # Robert Blake Yardley
  
  Robert Blake Yardley (1858–1943) was a British Barrister and philatelist who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 1921. He was a member of the Yardley soap manufacturing family.
  
  Yardley's worldwide collection was auctioned by H.R. Harmer over sixteen days in 1944–45.
  
  ## Publications
  
  * The Dies of the Postage Stamps of Portugal of the Reigns of Dona Maria II and Dom Pedro V. 1907.
  * The Samoa Express Postage Stamps. 1916.
  