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 CBE
Born	7 May 1912 High Barnet
Died	1 March 1997(1997-03-01) (aged 84) Wothorpe
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

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. He was Admitted as a solicitor in England in 1937, joining the leading City of London law firm Slaughter and May.[4]

When the Second World War broke out, Furnival Jones was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps, transferring to the Security Service, MI5, in 1941.[5]

He was Director-General of MI5 from 1965 to 1972.[6]

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.[7]

References

1. "No. 41089". The London Gazette. 13 June 1957. p. 3378.
2. "No. 44326". The London Gazette. 10 June 1967. p. 6269.
3. Obituary: Sir Martin Furnival Jones The New York Times, 16 March 1997
4. West, Nigel (2 September 2009). The A to Z of British Intelligence. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870284.
5. West, Nigel (2 September 2009). The A to Z of British Intelligence. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 9780810870284.
6. Andrew, Page 853
7. Nora Packer, writing in Garden Suburb Theatre newsletter edition 47, May 1997

Government offices
Preceded by Sir Roger Hollis	Director General of MI5 1965–1972	Succeeded by Sir Michael Hanley