John Jones (MI5 officer)
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Sir John Jones, KCB (1923 – 1998) was Director-General of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1981 until 1985.
Sir John was a native of Wigton in Cumbria and went to the Nelson-Thomlinson school in that town. He became an officer in the Royal Artillery and served as a civil servant in the pre-independence Government of Sudan. He joined the Security Service in 1955. He became Deputy Director General in 1976. He succeeded Sir Howard Smith as Director General in 1981.
In 1983, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) by Queen Elizabeth II.
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| Preceded by Sir Howard Smith |
Director-General of MI5 1981 - 1985 |
Succeeded by Sir Anthony Duff |
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