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| − | |description=A former deputy director of MI6 and Co-ordinator for Intelligence and Security. No Wikipedia page as of | + | |alma_mater=Oxford University/St Peter's College |
| + | |description=A former deputy director of MI6 and Co-ordinator for Intelligence and Security. No Wikipedia page as of 2020! | ||
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==Official narrative== | ==Official narrative== | ||
| − | "Sir Gerald Warner (1951, History) has been elected an Honorary Fellow of St Peter's College in recognition of his outstanding career achievements. | + | "Sir Gerald Warner (1951, History) has been elected an Honorary Fellow of [[Oxford University/St Peter's College|St Peter's College]] in recognition of his outstanding career achievements. |
Sir Gerald was Intelligence and Security Coordinator at the Cabinet Office and a Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Born at Elsenham in 1931, he attended Newburgh Priory School before coming up in Michaelmas 1951 to St Peter’s, then still known as St Peter's Hall, where he read Modern History. | Sir Gerald was Intelligence and Security Coordinator at the Cabinet Office and a Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Born at Elsenham in 1931, he attended Newburgh Priory School before coming up in Michaelmas 1951 to St Peter’s, then still known as St Peter's Hall, where he read Modern History. | ||
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Sir Gerald was recruited by the SIS upon graduation, and eventually rose to become Deputy Chief and Director of Counter-Intelligence and Security in 1988, retiring from SIS in 1990. He was subsequently appointed Intelligence and Security Coordinator at the Cabinet Office in 1991, a post which serves as a liaison between the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), the Permanent Under-Secretaries' Committee and the Prime Minister. He also briefly served as a member of the Police Complaints Authority. | Sir Gerald was recruited by the SIS upon graduation, and eventually rose to become Deputy Chief and Director of Counter-Intelligence and Security in 1988, retiring from SIS in 1990. He was subsequently appointed Intelligence and Security Coordinator at the Cabinet Office in 1991, a post which serves as a liaison between the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), the Permanent Under-Secretaries' Committee and the Prime Minister. He also briefly served as a member of the Police Complaints Authority. | ||
| − | In retirement, he has contributed to news coverage relating to the intelligence community, most notably in pieces by the BBC, including those published by Gordon Corera (1992, History), with whom he visited the college in September 2012 as part of the talk ‘The Place of Intelligence in a Democracy’"<ref name=spc>https://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/sir-gerald-warner-elected-honorary-fellow</ref> | + | In retirement, he has contributed to news coverage relating to the intelligence community, most notably in pieces by the BBC, including those published by [[Gordon Corera]] (1992, History), with whom he visited the college in September 2012 as part of the talk ‘The Place of Intelligence in a Democracy’"<ref name=spc>https://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/sir-gerald-warner-elected-honorary-fellow</ref> |
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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
| − | Gerald Warner studied history at Oxford, graduating in 1951 (or possibly 1954)<ref name="sta-mary-bio"/> and joined the [[MI6|"Diplomatic Service in the Intelligence Branch"]]. In 1956 he married a mathematics student at Oxford, [[Mary Wynne Davies]].<ref name="sta-mary-bio">http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Warner.html</ref><ref>http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Obits/Warner.html</ref> | + | Gerald Warner studied history at Oxford, graduating in 1951<ref name=spc/> (or possibly 1954)<ref name="sta-mary-bio"/> and joined the [[MI6|"Diplomatic Service in the Intelligence Branch"]]. In 1956 he married a mathematics student at Oxford, [[Mary Wynne Davies]].<ref name="sta-mary-bio">http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Warner.html</ref><ref>http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Obits/Warner.html</ref> |
==MI6== | ==MI6== | ||
| − | In 1956, his job took him to [[China]], where his first son, Sian was born and soon after he returned to London. In 1959 Jonathan was born and soon the family were off to Rangoon, [[Burma]]<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Obits/Warner.html</ref> where the third of Warner's children, Rachel, was born in 1961. In the [[1960s]] he worked in [[Poland]], then for two years in Geneva. His last overseas posting was from 1974-1976, in [[Malaysia]] | + | In 1956, his job took him to [[China]], where his first son, Sian was born and soon after he returned to London. In 1959 Jonathan was born and soon the family were off to Rangoon, [[Burma]]<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Obits/Warner.html</ref> where the third of Warner's children, Rachel, was born in 1961. In the [[1960s]] he worked in [[Poland]], then for two years in [[Geneva]]. His last overseas posting was from 1974-1976, in [[Malaysia]].<ref name="sta-mary-bio"/> |
===1980s=== | ===1980s=== | ||
| − | Warner | + | Warner's wife's prodigious mathematical talent began to make itself known and between 1980 and 1985 she wrote 20 papers on tolerance spaces and automata.<ref name="sta-mary-bio"/> [[Trowbridge H Ford]] asserted in 2011 that Warner, together with [[Gordon Barrass]] and [[Harry Burke]] was connected to the 1986 [[assassination]] of [[Olof Palme]].<ref>http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/09/05/captain-simon-hayward-the-making-of-olof-palmes-assassin-and-its-blowback/</ref> Warner was MI6's [[Director of Counterintelligence and Security]] in the late 1980s.<ref>http://powerbase.info/index.php/Gerry_Warner</ref> |
===1990s=== | ===1990s=== | ||
| − | Warner was [[Co-ordinator for Intelligence and Security]] from 1991 to 1996.<ref>http://cryptome.org/mi6-sd36.htm</ref><ref>[[Document:UK Intelligence And Security Report, 2003]]</ref> When asked by [[Robert Fellowes]] "''What shall I tell [[Elizabeth Windsor|Her Majesty]] her [[Secret Intelligence Service]] is for?''" Warner reportedly said "''Please tell her it is the last penumbra of her Empire.''"<ref>War Resistance and Intelligence, Dr K G Robertson, p. 228</ref> The [[BBC]] reports him as stating that "the main concern was always balancing the value of possible intelligence against the risk."<ref>http://blog.cronosconsulting.com/?tag=history</ref> | + | Warner was [[Co-ordinator for Intelligence and Security]] from 1991 to 1996.<ref>http://cryptome.org/mi6-sd36.htm</ref><ref>[[Document:UK Intelligence And Security Report, 2003]]</ref> When asked by [[Robert Fellowes]] "''What shall I tell [[Elizabeth Windsor|Her Majesty]] her [[Secret Intelligence Service]] is for?''" Warner reportedly said "''Please tell her it is the last penumbra of her [[UK/Empire|Empire]].''"<ref>War Resistance and Intelligence, Dr K G Robertson, p. 228</ref> The [[BBC]] reports him as stating that "the main concern was always balancing the value of possible intelligence against the risk."<ref>http://blog.cronosconsulting.com/?tag=history</ref> |
==Family Tragedy== | ==Family Tragedy== | ||
| − | Warner's son Jonathan and daughter Sian reportedly had mental health problems and one source suggests that they both took their own lives during the 1990s<ref name="sta-mary-bio"/> The Times obituary for his wife states that in 1998 she was survived by one daughter.<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Obits/Warner.html</ref> | + | Warner's son Jonathan and daughter Sian reportedly had [[mental health]] problems and one source suggests that they both [[took their own lives]] during the [[1990s]].<ref name="sta-mary-bio"/> However, ''[[The Times]]' [[obituary]] for his wife states that in 1998 she was survived by one daughter.<ref>http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Obits/Warner.html</ref> |
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==Later activities== | ==Later activities== | ||
| − | He is quoted by [[BBC]] occasionally on espionage matters, and in a 2001 story criticising the total cost of the UK's [[intelligence agencies]], he estimated that "the total cost the [[UK]]'s intelligence gathering is £2.5bn, when all military intelligence and satellite surveillance is included."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1250575.stm</ref> In 2017 he was made an | + | He is quoted by [[BBC]] occasionally on espionage matters, and in a 2001 story criticising the total cost of the UK's [[intelligence agencies]], he estimated that "the total cost the [[UK]]'s intelligence gathering is £2.5bn, when all military intelligence and satellite surveillance is included."<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1250575.stm</ref> In 2017 he was made an honorary fellow of [[St. Peters College (Oxford)]].<ref name=spc/> |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
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Sir Gerry Warner is an MI6 officer who became Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in the 1990s. His wife, Mary Warner, was "one of the foremost researchers in fuzzy mathematics".[1]
Contents
Official narrative
"Sir Gerald Warner (1951, History) has been elected an Honorary Fellow of St Peter's College in recognition of his outstanding career achievements.
Sir Gerald was Intelligence and Security Coordinator at the Cabinet Office and a Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Born at Elsenham in 1931, he attended Newburgh Priory School before coming up in Michaelmas 1951 to St Peter’s, then still known as St Peter's Hall, where he read Modern History.
Sir Gerald was recruited by the SIS upon graduation, and eventually rose to become Deputy Chief and Director of Counter-Intelligence and Security in 1988, retiring from SIS in 1990. He was subsequently appointed Intelligence and Security Coordinator at the Cabinet Office in 1991, a post which serves as a liaison between the chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC), the Permanent Under-Secretaries' Committee and the Prime Minister. He also briefly served as a member of the Police Complaints Authority.
In retirement, he has contributed to news coverage relating to the intelligence community, most notably in pieces by the BBC, including those published by Gordon Corera (1992, History), with whom he visited the college in September 2012 as part of the talk ‘The Place of Intelligence in a Democracy’"[2]
Background
Gerald Warner studied history at Oxford, graduating in 1951[2] (or possibly 1954)[1] and joined the "Diplomatic Service in the Intelligence Branch". In 1956 he married a mathematics student at Oxford, Mary Wynne Davies.[1][3]
MI6
In 1956, his job took him to China, where his first son, Sian was born and soon after he returned to London. In 1959 Jonathan was born and soon the family were off to Rangoon, Burma[4] where the third of Warner's children, Rachel, was born in 1961. In the 1960s he worked in Poland, then for two years in Geneva. His last overseas posting was from 1974-1976, in Malaysia.[1]
1980s
Warner's wife's prodigious mathematical talent began to make itself known and between 1980 and 1985 she wrote 20 papers on tolerance spaces and automata.[1] Trowbridge H Ford asserted in 2011 that Warner, together with Gordon Barrass and Harry Burke was connected to the 1986 assassination of Olof Palme.[5] Warner was MI6's Director of Counterintelligence and Security in the late 1980s.[6]
1990s
Warner was Co-ordinator for Intelligence and Security from 1991 to 1996.[7][8] When asked by Robert Fellowes "What shall I tell Her Majesty her Secret Intelligence Service is for?" Warner reportedly said "Please tell her it is the last penumbra of her Empire."[9] The BBC reports him as stating that "the main concern was always balancing the value of possible intelligence against the risk."[10]
Family Tragedy
Warner's son Jonathan and daughter Sian reportedly had mental health problems and one source suggests that they both took their own lives during the 1990s.[1] However, The Times' obituary for his wife states that in 1998 she was survived by one daughter.[11]
Exposure
Warner was named in Gordon Corera's MI6: Life and Death in the British Secret Service.[12]
Later activities
He is quoted by BBC occasionally on espionage matters, and in a 2001 story criticising the total cost of the UK's intelligence agencies, he estimated that "the total cost the UK's intelligence gathering is £2.5bn, when all military intelligence and satellite surveillance is included."[13] In 2017 he was made an honorary fellow of St. Peters College (Oxford).[2]
References
- ↑ a b c d e f http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Warner.html
- ↑ a b c https://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/news/sir-gerald-warner-elected-honorary-fellow
- ↑ http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Obits/Warner.html
- ↑ http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Obits/Warner.html
- ↑ http://www.veteranstoday.com/2011/09/05/captain-simon-hayward-the-making-of-olof-palmes-assassin-and-its-blowback/
- ↑ http://powerbase.info/index.php/Gerry_Warner
- ↑ http://cryptome.org/mi6-sd36.htm
- ↑ Document:UK Intelligence And Security Report, 2003
- ↑ War Resistance and Intelligence, Dr K G Robertson, p. 228
- ↑ http://blog.cronosconsulting.com/?tag=history
- ↑ http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Obits/Warner.html
- ↑ http://powerbase.info/index.php/Gerry_Warner
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1250575.stm
