<P> Another possibility for the model of M was William Melville, an Irishman who became the head of the Secret Service Bureau, the forerunner to both MI5 and MI6: Melville was referred to within government circles as M. Melville recruited Sidney Reilly into government service and foiled an assassination plot against Queen Victoria on her 1887 Golden Jubilee . Fleming's biographer John Pearson also hypothesised that Fleming's characterisation of M reflects memories of his mother: </P> <P> John Pearson, The Life of Ian Fleming </P> <P> Fleming's third Bond novel, Moonraker, establishes M's initials as "M * * * * M * * * * * * *" and his first name is subsequently revealed to be Miles . In the final novel of the series, The Man with the Golden Gun, M's full identity is revealed as Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG, CB, DSO, OBE; Messervy had been appointed to head of MI6 after his predecessor had been assassinated at his desk . </P> <P> A naval theme runs throughout Fleming's description of M and his surroundings, and his character was described by journalist and Bond scholar Ben Macintyre as "every inch the naval martinet". Macintyre also notes that in his study of Fleming's work, Kingsley Amis outlined the way Fleming had described M's voice, being: angry (three times); brutal, cold (seven times); curt, dry (five times); gruff (seven times); stern, testy (five times). </P>

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