Allegiance United Kingdom Name Howard Smith Service MI5 Role Diplomat | Active 1979-1981 Died May 7, 1996 Nationality British | |
Rank Director-General of MI5 Occupation Intelligence officer, Diplomat Education Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge Awards Order of St Michael and St George | ||
Sir Howard Frank Trayton Smith, GCMG (15 October 1919 – 7 May 1996) was a British diplomat.
Career
Educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, Smith worked at Bletchley Park during World War II and later became the British ambassador to Moscow. At college in Cambridge, Smith was a contemporary of Asa Briggs, playing chess with him and recommending Briggs to fellow Cambridge mathematician Gordon Welchman for service in Hut 6.
In 1979 Smith was unexpectedly appointed Director General (DG) of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, by Prime Minister James Callaghan, serving until 1981.
References
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