John Baker White (12 August 1902 – 10 December 1988) started his career as a political activist and became a director of a private organisation dedicated to fighting left-wing subversion.
He became an amateur spy in Nazi Germany before becoming a propaganda agent during World War II.
In 1945, he was elected a Conservative politician.
He was also a journalist and author and his work reveals a colourful, possibly, eccentric personality.