From Polmar and Allen, Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage (New York: Random House, 1997), pp. 364, 366.
1. The Directors-General of the Security Service - MI5
2. The Directors-General of the Secret Intelligence Service - MI6
1909-1940 Maj. Gen. Sir Vernon Kell
1940-1946 Sir David Petrie
1946-1953 Sir Percy Sillitoe
1953-1956 Sir Dick White
1956-1965 Sir Roger Hollis
1965-1972 Sir Martin Furnival Jones
1972-1979 Sir Michael Hanley
1979-1981 Sir Howard Smith
1981-1985 Sir John Jones
1985-1988 Sir Anthony Duff
1988-1991 Sir Patrick Walker
1991-1996 Dame Stella Rimington
1996-2002 Stephen Lander
2002-April 2007 Eliza Manningham-Buller
[upcoming] April 2007-? Jonathan Evans
1909-1923 Capt. Sir Mansfield Cumming
1923-1939 Adm. Sir Hugh Sinclair
1939-1952 Maj. Gen. Sir Stewart Menzies
1953-1956 Sir John Sinclair
1956-1968 Sir Dick White
1968-1973 Sir John Rennie
1973-1978 Sir Maurice Oldfield
1979-1982 Sir Arthur Franks
1982-1985 Sir Colin Figures
1985-1989 Sir Christopher Curwe
1989-1994 Sir Colin McColl
1994- David Spedding
Richard Dearlove
2004- John McLeod Scarlett
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