Arthur Wynn

Arthur Henry Ashford Wynn (22 January 1910 – 24 September 2001) was a British civil servant, social researcher,

Early life Wynn was the son of a professor of medicine. Educated at Oundle School, he played rugby union.

He returned to England, dissolved his marriage,

Intending to specialise in trade union law in partnership with Sir Stafford Cripps QC, Wynn studied law at Lincoln's Inn, and was called to the bar in 1939. Wynn also identified and offered to recruit students from the University of Cambridge and the University of London, but his handlers urged him to be more "selective. There should be no mass recruitment."

Post-war Moved by a series of post-war coal mining disasters, he switched his attention to mining safety.

The KGB refused to divulge "Agent Scott"'s name in 1992, prompting media speculation of a series of moles. When the KGB confirmed the existence of "Agent Scott" in 1996, the mole was incorrectly described as an Old Etonian, a Scotsman and a member of the Foreign Office: Wynn was none of these. Those accused of being "Agent Scott" therefore included former diplomat Sir David Scott Fox and Sir Peter Wilson, the former chairman of Sotheby's.