John Morley Author & Editor

John Morley, after Cambridge and a spell working for the charismatic French entrepreneur Antonin Besse in Aden, joined the Colonial Service in 1936. He began his career in Northern Nigeria and later served in Eritrea, Singapore, Malaya and the Gold Coast. In the Second World War he was commissioned into the Royal West Africa Frontier Force and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. After retiring from the Colonial Service in 1956 he became Chief Executive, Agricultural Central Cooperative Association and later Head of Planning, ‘Food from Britain’. He was awarded the OBE.