Early Life
Mayhew attended Haileybury and Christ Church, Oxford as an exhibitioner. In 1934 he holidayed in Moscow. While at Oxford, he became President of the Oxford Union. Mayhew was commissioned into the Intelligence Corps in 1940, rising to the rank of Major.
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