Patrick Walker (MI5 officer)
Director General of MI5 (1932–2021)
Sir Patrick Jeremy Walker, KCB (25 February 1932 – 13 October 2021) was a British civil servant. He was Director General (DG) of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1988 to 1992.
Sir Patrick Walker KCB | |
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Birth name | Patrick Jeremy Walker |
Born | [1] Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States | 25 February 1932
Died | 13 October 2021 | (aged 89)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Years of service | 1963–1992 |
Rank | Director General of MI5 |
He died on 13 October 2021, at the age of 89.[2]
References
change- ↑ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 4046. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ↑ Sir Patrick Walker, Director General of MI5 who led the way as the agency shifted focus at the end of the Cold War – obituary