John Jones (MI5 officer)
John Jones KCB | |
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Born | 17 February 1923 |
Died | 9 March 1998 | (aged 75)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
Occupation | Intelligence Officer, Civil servant |
Awards | KCB |
Espionage activity | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom ![]() |
Service branch | MI5 |
Service years | 1955–1985 |
Rank | Director General of MI5 |
Sir John Lewis Jones, KCB (17 February 1923 – 9 March 1998) was Director General of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1981 until 1985.
Career[]
Jones was a native of Wigton in Cumbria, and went to The Nelson Thomlinson School in that town. A graduate of Christ's College, Cambridge, where he read History, he became an officer in the Royal Artillery during World War II and served as a civil servant in the pre-independence Government of Sudan.[1] He joined the Security Service in 1955.[2] He became Deputy Director General in 1976. He was Director General of MI5 from 1981 to 1985.[3]
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1983 New Year Honours.[4]
References[]
- ^ The Defence of the Realm, by Christopher Andrew, Page 556, Published by Allen Lane, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7139-9885-6
- ^ Andrew, Page 556
- ^ Andrew, Page 853
- ^ "No. 49212". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1982. p. 3.
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- Directors General of MI5
- Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath
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- People from Wigton
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- People educated at the Nelson Thomlinson School
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