John Jones
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Born | 17 February 1923 Easington, County Durham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 1998-03-09 (Age 75) Boston, Lincolnshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | Christ's College (Cambridge) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
Jones served as an officer in the Royal Artillery and a civil servant in pre-independence Sudan before joining the Security Service in 1955. He became Deputy Director General in 1976 and Director General in 1981.[1]
References
- ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 30 June 2009.