John Baker White (12 August 1902 – 10 December 1988)[1] started his career as a political activist and became a director of a private organisation dedicated to fighting left-wing subversion.[2] 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.