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Description: | Biographical note (recipient) Major Sir Desmond John Falkiner Morton KCB CMG MC (1891-1971).
Desmond John Falkiner Morton, the son of Colonel Charles F Morton, 1st Royal Dragoons, was born in 1891. After Eton and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery. During the First World War, Morton, who was awarded the MC in 1916 and the Croix de Guerre (France) served with the RA and on the staff. He was ADC to Field Marshal Haig in 1918. In 1919 he was awarded a brevet majority and seconded under the Foreign Office. Between 1929-39 he was director of the Industrial Intelligence Centre. On the outbreak of war he was appointed principle assistant secretary at the Ministry of Economic Warfare and, from 1940 was a personal assistant to the Prime Minister. After the war, in 1946, Morton served as the UK delegate to the Inter-Allied Reparation Agency. The following year, 1947, he served as UK Commissioner for the Restitution of Monetary Gold. In 1949, Morton was appointed vice-chairman, UN Economic Survey Mission, Middle East. From 1950-52 he was lent to the Ministry of Aviation and this was followed by a spell on loan to the Treasury. Morton was appointed CMG in 1937 and KCB in 1945. He was appointed a Grand Officer of The Order Of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) and an Officer of The Legion d' Honneur (France). Morton's orders, medals and decorations are held by the Dept of Exhibits & Firearms (Ref: OMD 5362-5373).
For further information on Sir Desmond Morton and his hitherto somewhat shadowy career, in the intelligence services, see the recently published official biography 'Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence' by Gill Bennett (Routledge) 2006 Morton, became Churchill's personal intelligence adviser throughout the crucial stages of the Second World War. In addition to throwing fresh light on Desmond Morton's role during the War, his pre-war activities during Churchill's "wilderness years" are revealed, together with details of his SIS career and his varied and previously unrecorded post-war work, where he achieved considerable success The book also casts light on some remarkable SIS successes during the pre-war period, especially in the area of counter-intelligence.
Major Sir Desmond John Falkiner Morton KCB CMG MC (1891-1971)
Desmond John Falkiner Morton, the son of Colonel Charles F Morton, 1st Royal Dragoons, was born in 1891. After Eton and the Royal Military Academy Woolwich he was commissioned into the Royal Artillery. During the First World War, Morton, who was awarded the MC in 1916 and the Croix de Guerre (France) served with the RA and on the staff. He was ADC to Field Marshal Haig in 1918. In 1919 he was awarded a brevet majority and seconded under the Foreign Office. Between 1929-39 he was director of the Industrial Intelligence Centre. On the outbreak of war he was appointed principle assistant secretary at the Ministry of Economic Warfare and, from 1940 was a personal assistant to the Prime Minister. After the war, in 1946, Morton served as the UK delegate to the Inter-Allied Reparation Agency. The following year, 1947, he served as UK Commissioner for the Restitution of Monetary Gold. In 1949, Morton was appointed vice-chairman, UN Economic Survey Mission, Middle East. From 1950-52 he was lent to the Ministry of Aviation and this was followed by a spell on loan to the Treasury. Morton was appointed CMG in 1937 and KCB in 1945. He was appointed a Grand Officer of The Order Of Orange Nassau (Netherlands) and an Officer of The Legion d' Honneur (France). Morton's orders, medals and decorations are held by the Dept of Exhibits & Firearms (Ref: OMD 5362-5373).
For further information on Sir Desmond Morton and his hitherto somewhat shadowy career, in the intelligence services, see the recently published official biography 'Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence' by Gill Bennett (Routledge) 2006 Morton, became Churchill's personal intelligence adviser throughout the crucial stages of the Second World War. In addition to throwing fresh light on Desmond Morton's role during the War, his pre-war activities during Churchill's "wilderness years" are revealed, together with details of his SIS career and his varied and previously unrecorded post-war work, where he achieved considerable success The book also casts light on some remarkable SIS successes during the pre-war period, especially in the area of counter-intelligence.
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