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|description=[[Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service]] for a year during WW2. Attended the [[1958 Bilderberg]].
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|alma_mater= Charterhouse School, Royal Military Academy, Christ Church (Oxford)
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|spouses=Barbara Jessie Burton, Irina Obolensky, Irene Adela Kane
 
|nationality=UK
 
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|title=Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
 
|title=Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
 
|start=6 March 1943
 
|start=6 March 1943
|appointed_by=Stewart Menzies
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|appointer=Stewart Menzies
 
|end=Mid 1944
 
|end=Mid 1944
 
|description=Deputy Director/Army (DD/A)}}
 
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'''Major Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens CMG MC*''' was a UK [[spook]].
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'''Major Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens PhD CMG MC*''' was a UK [[spook]].
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==Background==
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Beddington-Behrens was born in [[Paris]] in 1897, where his father, [[Walter Behrens]], was President of the British Chamber of Commerce.  
  
 
==Career==
 
==Career==
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  By [[Keith Jeffery]]</ref>
 
  By [[Keith Jeffery]]</ref>
 
[[Image:Edward Beddington-Behrens obituary.jpg|left]]
 
[[Image:Edward Beddington-Behrens obituary.jpg|left]]
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==Cover up==
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[[Wikipedia]] as of 2020 did not mention his affiliation to [[MI6]].
 
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==References==
 
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Latest revision as of 05:00, 23 November 2021

Person.png Edward Beddington-Behrens  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(soldier, spook, businessman)
Edward Beddington-Behrens.png
Born2 February 1897
Paris
Died28 November 1968 (Age 71)
London
NationalityUK
Alma materCharterhouse School, Royal Military Academy, Christ Church (Oxford)
ParentsWalter Behrens
Spouse • Barbara Jessie Burton
• Irina Obolensky
• Irene Adela Kane
Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service for a year during WW2. Attended the 1958 Bilderberg.

Employment.png Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service

In office
6 March 1943 - Mid 1944
Appointed byStewart Menzies
Succeeded byMark Allen, Edward Beddington-Behrens, John Cordeaux, Christopher Curwen, James Easton, Colin Figures, Dick Franks, Peter Hayman, John Macgregor Bruce Lockhart, Stewart Menzies, Maurice Oldfield, Lionel Payne, Valentine Vivian, Gerry Warner, George Kennedy Young"strong class="error">Error: Invalid time." contains an extrinsic dash or other characters that are invalid for a date interpretation.
Deputy Director/Army (DD/A)

Major Sir Edward Beddington-Behrens PhD CMG MC* was a UK spook.

Background

Beddington-Behrens was born in Paris in 1897, where his father, Walter Behrens, was President of the British Chamber of Commerce.

Career

Edward Beddington-Behrens joined MI6. He rose to become a Deputy Chief (Army) (DC/A) , a position he held until mid 1944.[1] .[2]

Edward Beddington-Behrens obituary.jpg

Cover up

Wikipedia as of 2020 did not mention his affiliation to MI6.

 

Events Participated in

EventStartEndLocation(s)Description
1948 Hague Congress7 May 194811 May 1948Netherlands
The Hague
Landmark conference which had a profound influence on the shape of the European Movement. Many of the groups organizing the conference received covert funding from the CIA.
Bilderberg/195813 September 195815 September 1958United Kingdom
Buxton
UK
The 7th Bilderberg and the first one in the UK. 72 guests
Many thanks to our Patrons who cover ~2/3 of our hosting bill. Please join them if you can.


References

  1. Stealing Secrets, Telling Lies: How Spies and Codebreakers Helped Shape the Twentieth Century By James Gannon
  2. MI6: The History of the Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1949 By Keith Jeffery