# Desmond Morton

> Major Sir Desmond Morton was a British military officer and government official. Morton played an important role in organizing opposition to appeasement of Germany under Adolf Hitler during the period prior to World War II by providing intelligence information about German re-armament to Winston Churchill. At this time Churchill did not have any position in the government. In 1940, Morton was Churchill's personal assistant when he became prime minister.

*British civil servant*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/desmond-morton

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** United Kingdom
- **Born:** 1891-11-13
- **Died:** 1971-07-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 5.5 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 35.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Desmond Morton (civil servant)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Morton_(civil_servant))
- [ديزموند مورتون (ضابط استخبارات من المملكه المتحده لبريطانيا العظمى و ايرلاندا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%85%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86_(%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B7_%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%AF%D9%87_%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%B7%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85%D9%89_%D9%88_%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7))
- [Desmond Morton (Staatsdiener)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Morton_(Staatsdiener))
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desmond_Morton)
- [Desmond Morton (officier)](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmond_Morton_(officier))
- [德斯蒙德·莫顿](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%BE%B7%E6%96%AF%E8%92%99%E5%BE%B7%C2%B7%E8%8E%AB%E9%A1%BF)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5264768)

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