Martin Furnival Jones
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.
Sir Martin Furnival Jones | |
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| Born | 7 May 1912 Chipping Barnet, England |
| Died | 1 March 1997 (aged 84) Wothorpe, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Intelligence officer, solicitor |
| Awards | CBE (1957)[1] Knight Bachelor (1967)[2] |
| Espionage activity | |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom  |
| Service branch | MI5 |
| Rank | Director General of MI5 |
Career
Born in High Barnet[3] and educated at Highgate School, Furnival Jones was a Gonville and 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. When the Second World War broke out, Furnival Jones was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps, transferring to the Security Service, MI5, in 1941.[5][4]
He was Director-General of MI5 from 1965 to 1972.[6]
Personal life
Jones resided in the Hampstead Garden Suburb. He was a tennis player and bird watcher and loved to perform in amateur theatre in both the local groups, including the Play and Pageant Union and Speedwell Players. It was during a production of I Remember Mama that he first met his wife, Margaret.[7]
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
- "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.
- Andrew, p. 853
- Nora Packer, writing in Garden Suburb Theatre newsletter edition 47, May 1997