Sir John Cecil Masterman
(1891-1977), College head and intelligence officerSitter in 8 portraits
by Walter Stoneman
bromide print, July 1950
NPG x67841
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 8 April 1953
NPG x90551
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 8 April 1953
NPG x90552
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 8 April 1953
NPG x100859
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 July 1968
NPG x172329
by Bassano Ltd
half-plate film negative, 24 July 1968
NPG x172330
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, July 1950
NPG x190886
by Walter Stoneman
half-plate glass negative, July 1950
NPG x190887
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Steve Smith
10 July 2021, 12:50
Sir John Cecil Masterman OBE was a noted academic, sportsman and author. His highest-profile role was as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, but he was also well known as chairman of the Twenty Committee, which during the Second World War ran the Double-Cross System, controlling double agents in Britain.