Exhibit to look at life of Kerry’s master spy

THE man who helpedto establish the BritishSecret Service and provided the inspiration for James Bond’s boss in Ian Fleming’s books is at last being honoured in the county of his birth.

Kerry-born William Melville forged a stellarcareer in London as a detective and when he “retired” in 1903 from the Metropolitan Police at the height of his fame, he went on toestablish the forerunner of MI5.

“Melville was referred to by the War Office as M or the Spy-master from almost the beginning,” Andrew Cook, the author of M: MI5’s First Spy-master, said.