George William Jones

George William Jones OBE (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 (third from left) with the Greater London Group in 1968

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)

References

1. "George Jones obituary". The Guardian. 26 April 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2023.
2. "Professor George Jones | Register | The Times & The Sunday Times". Thetimes.co.uk. 16 April 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
3. Professor George Jones. "Profile - Experts - Research and expertise - Home". Lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
4. "Professor George W Jones". Gresham.ac.uk. 24 May 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
5. Professor George Jones. History of Government gov.uk Retrieved 18 April 2017.
6. Travers, Tony (19 April 2017). "Emeritus Professor George Jones". London School of Economics.