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William Melville (25 April 1850 – 1 February 1918) was an Irish law enforcement officer and the first chief of the British Secret Service Bureau.
Subject of an acclaimed biography ‘M: MI5’s first spymaster’. Possible basis for the character of ‘M’ in the James Bond novels. Bio: William Melville was born in the town of Sneem, County Kerry in the South West of Ireland. He first joined the Metropolitan police in 1872 and he quickly rose through the ranks.
William Melville, ein Maurer aus der schottischen Stadt Aberdeen, gewann bei einer Fußballwette mit einem Penny die Summe von 64450 Pfund. Er ist damit ein Rekordgewinner. Der Glückliche trat ...
A new biography, drawing on previously unseen government files, will unmask William Melville as "the Godfather of MI5" and the inspiration for Ian Fleming's M. Like all good spies,...
Spymaster William Melville in 1906 (right), MI5 members in 1918 (left) and Judi Dench as M in the 1995 Bond film Goldeneye' One of the great espionage mysteries has finally been solved - the...
William Melville was one of the most influential counter - espionage figures of the twentieth century. This work presents the true story of the real M, William Melville,...
William Melville was Head of Scotland Yard’s Special Branch and later a senior member of the British Secret Service MI5. While still at Scotland Yard, he was involved in intelligence operations against anarchists with suspected links to Russian revolutionary émigrés, such as Vladimir Burtsev, arrested by Melville in December 1897...
