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Who was "the fourth man" in the Cambridge spy ring, whose name was not publicly known until 1979?

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Who was "the fourth man" in the Cambridge spy ring, whose name was not publicly known until 1979?
posted Jan 31, 2020 by Harshita Dhaliwal

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Anthony Blunt
Maclean and Burgess defected in 1951, and Philby in 1962. In November 1979, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher admitted to the House of Commons that Blunt had confessed to being a Soviet spy in 1964 and had been granted immunity in exchange for information.

answer Feb 1, 2020 by Rajni
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