George William Jones

George William Jones (4 February 1938 – 14 April 2017) was emeritus professor of government at the London School of Economics and the biographer, with Bernard Donoughue, of Herbert Morrison.



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

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)