Martin Furnival Jones
Sir Martin Furnival Jones CBE | |
|---|---|
| Born | 7 May 1912 High Barnet |
| Died | 1 March 1997 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Intelligence officer, solicitor |
| Awards | CBE (1957)[1] Knight Bachelor (1967)[2] |
| Espionage activity | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom  |
| Service branch | MI5 |
| Rank | Director General of MI5 |
Sir Edward Martin Furnival Jones CBE (7 May 1912 – 1 March 1997) was Director General of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1965 until 1972.
Career[]
Born in High Barnet[3] and educated at Highgate School, Furnival Jones was a Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge graduate, having read modern and mediaeval languages, and law.[4] He was Admitted as a solicitor in England in 1937, joining the leading City of London law firm Slaughter and May.[5]
When the Second World War broke out, Furnival Jones was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps, transferring to the Security Service, MI5, in 1941.[6][4]
He was Director-General of MI5 from 1965 to 1972.[7]
Personal life[]
A well-liked member of the community in the Hampstead Garden Suburb where he lived, Jones was a tennis player and bird watcher and loved to perform in amateur theatre in both the local groups; the Play and Pageant Union and Speedwell Players. It was during a production of I Remember Mama that he first met his wife, Margaret.[8]
References[]
- ^ "No. 41089". The London Gazette. 13 June 1957. p. 3378.
- ^ "No. 44326". The London Gazette. 10 June 1967. p. 6269.
- ^ Obituary: Sir Martin Furnival Jones The New York Times, 16 March 1997
- ^ a b "Jones, Sir (Edward) Martin Furnival (1912–1997), intelligence officer and civil servant". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/65200. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ West, Nigel (2 September 2009). The A to Z of British Intelligence. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870284.
- ^ West, Nigel (2 September 2009). The A to Z of British Intelligence. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870284.
- ^ Andrew, Page 853
- ^ Nora Packer, writing in Garden Suburb Theatre newsletter edition 47, May 1997
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