Sir Peter Marychurch KCMG (born 13 June 1927[1]) is a former Director of the British signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, a post he held from 1983 to 1989.
Career
According to the memoirs of a former MI5 intelligence officer, in the 1960s, Marychurch, then a young GCHQ cryptanalyst, applied computerised cluster analysis to the problem of traffic analysis of espionage traffic.[2] Marychurch lends his name to the "Sir Peter Marychurch award", an honour given annually for work in international cryptology.[3] He became Director in 1983 and at the request of the Government continued in that role until 1989.[4]
He has also served as the chairman of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music from 1994 to 2000.[5]
References
- ^ Birthdays Tomorrow The Independent, 12 June 1993
- ^ Peter Wright, Spycatcher, p. 153, 1987
- ^ Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- ^ Hansard 22 July 1986
- ^ Royal School of Music Annual Review 2000
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| Preceded by Sir Brian Tovey |
Director of GCHQ 1983 - 1989 |
Succeeded by Sir John Adye |
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