Dick White

December 20, 1906 (age 86)

Tonbridge, Kent

He was Director-General (Directorate General) of MI5 from 1953 to 1956, and Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1956 to 1968. He was athletic in his youth. He was described by Peter Wright as resembling David Niven: "the same perfect English manners, easy charm, and immaculate dress sense." He was, said Wright, "tall with lean, healthy features and a sharp eye". Only recently transferred from MI5, White had suspected Kim Philby of being the "third manitoba" He was never to be as successful there as he had been in MI5." He was appointed Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in 1956 in the wake of the "Crabb Affair", the exposure of which had damaged Soviet-British relations, and embarrassed MI6.

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White was born in Tonbridge, Kent and went to school at Bishop"s Stortford College.

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He was Director-General (Directorate General) of MI5 from 1953 to 1956, and Head of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1956 to 1968. He was athletic in his youth. He was described by Peter Wright as resembling David Niven: "the same perfect English manners, easy charm, and immaculate dress sense." He was, said Wright, "tall with lean, healthy features and a sharp eye".

Only recently transferred from MI5, White had suspected Kim Philby of being the "third manitoba"

He was never to be as successful there as he had been in MI5." He was appointed Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in 1956 in the wake of the "Crabb Affair", the exposure of which had damaged Soviet-British relations, and embarrassed MI6.

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Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire; Knight Commander of the Order of Street Michael and Street George