Sir Anthony Blunt, art historian exposed as a spy

Nov. 11, 1979 - Sir Anthony Blunt mentioned in connection with the Burgess and MaClean spy case.: Sir Anthony Blunt, who used to be in charge of the Queen's art collection, was mentioned in connection with the Burgess and Maclean spy case, in the House of Commons last night. Two Labour MPs, Mr Dennis Skinner and Christopher Price. Both ask: If the Attorney-General will refer to the Director of Public Prosecution the case of Sir Anthony Blunt with a view to prosecution under the Official Secrets Act, in respect of the Burgess and Maclean case?. They will get their answer from the Attorney-General Sir Micheal Havers in the House on monday. Sir Anthony is one of Britain's most esteemed art historians, Knighted in 1956, he was director of the Courtauld Insitute until 1974 and Surveyor of the first King George VI's and then the Queen's Pictures from 1945 to 1972. Sir Anthony now 72 has known Guy Burgess since he was a Cambridge tutor and Burgess a student there in the 1930's. Both were members of an elitist club, The Aposties, which operated under vows of secrecy. Burgees went on to join the Foreign Office-and became a Soviet spy. So did two other Cambridge men of the time-Donald Maclean and Kim Philby. Sir Anthony now lives in a flat in the Edgware Road, London. Photo shows Anthony Blunt when his was adviser for the Queen's Pictures and Drawings at Hampton Court Palace in 1975

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