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'''Sir Arthur Wilfred 'Bill' Bonsall''' was a former director of [[GCHQ]], a post he held from December 1989 to July 1996.<ref>[[Document:UK Intelligence And Security Report, 2003]]</ref>
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'''Sir John Anthony Adye''' was a former director of [[GCHQ]], a post he held from December 1989 to July 1996.<ref>[[Document:UK Intelligence And Security Report, 2003]]</ref>
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
Educated at Leighton Park School and Lincoln College, Oxford,<ref>Burke's Peerage</ref> Adye joined [[GCHQ]] in the mid-1960s becoming Director in 1989.
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Educated at Leighton Park School and Lincoln College, Oxford,<ref>Burke's Peerage</ref> Adye joined [[GCHQ]] in the mid-[[1960s]] becoming Director in 1989.
  
 
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==Later life==
 
==Later life==
After retiring from GCHQ in 1996, he served as the chair of the [[Country Houses Association]] until 2002.<ref name=bio>[http://www.nationalbiometric.org/about_NBSP_board_2adye.php National Biometric Security Project]</ref> In 2005 he was appointed to the board of the US National Biometric Security Project.<ref name=bio/>
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After retiring from GCHQ in 1996, he was the chair of the [[Country Houses Association]] until 2002.<ref name=bio>[http://www.nationalbiometric.org/about_NBSP_board_2adye.php National Biometric Security Project]</ref> In 2005 he was appointed to the board of the US National Biometric Security Project.<ref name=bio/>
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:20, 11 April 2024

Person.png John Adye  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Sir John Adye KCMG.png
Born24 October 1939
Alma materLeighton Park School, Lincoln College (Oxford)
A former head of GCHQ.

Employment.png Director of GCHQ Wikipedia-icon.png

In office
December 1989 - July 1996
EmployerGCHQ
Preceded byPeter Marychurch
Succeeded byDavid Omand

Sir John Anthony Adye was a former director of GCHQ, a post he held from December 1989 to July 1996.[1]

Career

Educated at Leighton Park School and Lincoln College, Oxford,[2] Adye joined GCHQ in the mid-1960s becoming Director in 1989.

Diana Murder witness

Adye was a witness in February 2008 at the inquest into the death of Diana Princess of Wales: in an unprecedented move (normal policy is neither to confirm nor deny operational activities), he strenuously denied that GCHQ had any involvement in either the 'Camillagate' or 'Squidgygate' tapes.[3]

Later life

After retiring from GCHQ in 1996, he was the chair of the Country Houses Association until 2002.[4] In 2005 he was appointed to the board of the US National Biometric Security Project.[4]


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