Sir Brian Tovey obituary

My father, Sir Brian Tovey, a former director of GCHQ, who has died aged 89, had a flair for languages that led directly to his recruitment in 1950 by the recently formed government communications centre in Cheltenham. He worked there until 1983, serving as director for the final five years.On retiring from GCHQ, Brian embarked on a second career as a company director, in partnership with his wife, Mary (nee Lane), whom he met in Cheltenham in 1979 and married in 1989. Together they provided pol