SIS Hanley, Michael Bowen

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hanley ​

• FORENAME

Michael Bowen ​

• UNIT

MI5 ​

• RANK

Director General ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Knight Companion of the Order of the Bath ​

• PLACE

1974 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 24.2.1918 Leeds,Yorkshire​

son of James Alec Hanley,PhD,ARCS​

educated Sedbergh School​

educated Queen's College,Oxford​

joined Army July 1940​

commissioned Royal Artillery​

Assistant Military Attache,British Embassy,Budapest 1946-47​

joined MI5 (Security Service) 1948​

MI5 1948-78​

counter espionage​

Director of Pretective Security 1965​

counter espionage 1968-70​

Deputy Director General 1971​

Director General 1972-78​

married Lorna Hope-Morley 1957 (2 children)​

resided Hazlemere,Buckinghamshire​

died 1.1.2000 ​

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