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==Zeus Security==
 
==Zeus Security==
Hamilton ran a company, [[Zeus Security]], which was hired in 1983 to spy on anti-nuclear activists opposing the construction of the [[Sizewell B]] nuclear power station. According to the ''Guardian'', [[Zeus Security Consultants]] was originally set up with money from [[Sir James Goldsmith|James Goldsmith]]. <ref>David Pallister and Richard Norton-Taylor, ‘Chalfont’s links with world of spying’, ''Guardian'', 4 February 1989.</ref> [[Lord Chalfont]] was according to the ''Guardian'', a board member of Zeus Security from 1981 to July 1983. <ref>David Pallister and Richard Norton-Taylor, ‘Chalfont’s links with world of spying’, ''Guardian'', 4 February 1989.</ref> Chalfont’s ''Who’s Who'' entry states only that he joined the board of [[Peter Hamilton (Security Consultants) Ltd]] in 1984, which may in fact be the same company, since according to Companies House records, Peter Hamilton (Security Consultants) Ltd was until September 1983 known as [[Zeus Security Consultants Ltd.]]
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Hamilton was Managing Director of [[Zeus Private Security Ltd]] <Ref>Director, Volume 33 (Director Publications Limited for the Institute of Directors, 1980), p.14.</ref> which was hired in 1983 to spy on anti-nuclear activists opposing the construction of the [[Sizewell B]] nuclear power station. According to the ''Guardian'', [[Zeus Security Consultants]] was originally set up with money from [[Sir James Goldsmith|James Goldsmith]]. <ref>David Pallister and Richard Norton-Taylor, ‘Chalfont’s links with world of spying’, ''Guardian'', 4 February 1989.</ref> [[Lord Chalfont]] was according to the ''Guardian'', a board member of Zeus Security from 1981 to July 1983. <ref>David Pallister and Richard Norton-Taylor, ‘Chalfont’s links with world of spying’, ''Guardian'', 4 February 1989.</ref> Chalfont’s ''Who’s Who'' entry states only that he joined the board of [[Peter Hamilton (Security Consultants) Ltd]] in 1984, which may in fact be the same company, since according to Companies House records, Peter Hamilton (Security Consultants) Ltd was until September 1983 known as [[Zeus Security Consultants Ltd.]]
  
 
==Publications==
 
==Publications==

Revision as of 13:23, 21 February 2013

Peter Hamilton (born 1917) was a security consultant and author of the 1967 book, Espionage and subversion in an industrial society: an examination and philosophy of defence for management.[1]

Zeus Security

Hamilton was Managing Director of Zeus Private Security Ltd [2] which was hired in 1983 to spy on anti-nuclear activists opposing the construction of the Sizewell B nuclear power station. According to the Guardian, Zeus Security Consultants was originally set up with money from James Goldsmith. [3] Lord Chalfont was according to the Guardian, a board member of Zeus Security from 1981 to July 1983. [4] Chalfont’s Who’s Who entry states only that he joined the board of Peter Hamilton (Security Consultants) Ltd in 1984, which may in fact be the same company, since according to Companies House records, Peter Hamilton (Security Consultants) Ltd was until September 1983 known as Zeus Security Consultants Ltd.

Publications

Peter Hamilton, Espionage and subversion in an industrial society: an examination and philosophy of defence for management, Hutchinson, 1967.
Peter Hamilton, Computer security, Auerbach Publishers, 1973.
Peter Hamilton, Espionage, terrorism and subversion: an examination and a philosophy of defence for management, Peter A. Heims Ltd, 1979.
Peter Hamilton & Alison Kettell, Business security: Internal policing for management, Associated Business Press 1980.
Peter Hamilton, The administration of corporate security, Cambridge: ICSA Publishing, 1987.

Notes

  1. Peter Hamilton Espionage and subversion in an industrial society: an examination and philosophy of defence for management, Hutchinson, 1967. ISBN-10: 0090841700 ISBN-13: 978-0090841707
  2. Director, Volume 33 (Director Publications Limited for the Institute of Directors, 1980), p.14.
  3. David Pallister and Richard Norton-Taylor, ‘Chalfont’s links with world of spying’, Guardian, 4 February 1989.
  4. David Pallister and Richard Norton-Taylor, ‘Chalfont’s links with world of spying’, Guardian, 4 February 1989.