George William Jones Explained

George William Jones (4 February 1938 – 14 April 2017)^[1] was emeritus professor of government at the London School of Economics and the biographer, with Bernard Donoughue, of Herbert Morrison.^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Jones was a longtime member of the Greater London Group at LSE and in time became co-chair of it.^[6]

He was appointed OBE in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to the National Consumer Council.

Selected publications

• Herbert Morrison: Portrait of a Politician. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1973.
• "The Prime Ministers' Secretaries: Politicians or Administrators?" in J.G. Griffith (ed.), From Politics to Administration. Allen and Unwin, London, 1975.
• West European Prime Ministers. Frank Cass, London, 1991. (Editor)
• At the Centre of Whitehall. Macmillan, Basingstoke, 1998. (With J.M. Lee & J. Burnham).
• At Power's Elbow: Aides to the Prime Minister from Robert Walpole to David Cameron. Biteback Publishing, London, 2013. (With Andrew Blick)

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Jones obituary . 26 April 2017 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20230125014506/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/apr/26/george-jones-obituary . 25 January 2023 . live .
2. Web site: Professor George Jones | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times . Thetimes.co.uk . 16 April 2017. 2017-04-18.
3. Web site: Professor George Jones . Profile - Experts - Research and expertise - Home . Lse.ac.uk . 2017-04-18.
4. Web site: Professor George W Jones . Gresham.ac.uk . 2010-05-24 . 2017-04-18.
5. https://history.blog.gov.uk/author/professor-george-jones/ Professor George Jones.
6. Web site: Emeritus Professor George Jones . Tony . Travers . London School of Economics . 19 April 2017.