Exhibit to look at life of Kerry’s master spy
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.
