Desmond Morton
| Desmond Morton link Spartacus (Spook, deep politician) | |
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| Born | 13 November 1891 Hyde Park Gate, London |
| Died | 31 July 1971 |
| Nationality | UK |
| Alma mater | Eton, Royal Military Academy Woolwich |
An almost unknown and yet crucial British spymaster in the first half of the 20th century. | |
Major Sir Desmond Morton KCB CMG MC was a UK spymaster.
Official Narrative
Desmond Morton has a wikipedia page, but as of 2023, it is surprisingly thin.[1]
Background
He attended Eton and fellow students included Stewart Menzies, Julian Grenfell and Osbert Sitwell.
Career
Historian John Simkin has published a highly informative page on Morton's activities up to WW2.[2]
WW2
In 1939, he became the Principal Assistant Secretary at the Ministry of Economic Warfare. John Ainsworth-Davis's book Op. JB portrays Morton as the leader of an ultra-secret "M-section" of Naval intelligence. It emphasises his closeness to Churchill (Morton is acknowledged to have become Winston Churchill's Personal Assistant in 1940) writing that his MO was "deception and double-dealing".
Post WW2
Morton served on the UN's Economic Survey Mission for the Middle East in 1949, and served in the Ministry of Civil Aviation from 1950 to 1953.