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Brigadier '''Oswald "Jasper" Harker''' served as Acting Director General of the [[Security Service]] (MI5) from 1940 to 1941.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref>
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'''Brigadier Oswald "Jasper" Harker C.B.E.''' served as Acting Director General of the [[Security Service]] (MI5) from 1940 to 1941.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref>
  
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Harker became Deputy Director General when Sir [[David Petrie]] was appointed as permament head of the service in 1941. He retired in 1946.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref>
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==Background==
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Oswald Allen Harker was born in Cirencester in 1886, the son of [[James Allen Harker]], professor at the [[Royal Agricultural College]], and his wife [[Lizzie Allen Harker]]. His younger brother was Brigadier [[Arthur William Allen Harker]] CBE.
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*NameBase: [http://www.namebase.org/cgi-bin/nb01?Na=Harker.+O Harker O.Allen (Jasper)]
 
  
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==Career==
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Harker became [[Deputy Director General of MI5]] when Sir [[David Petrie]] was appointed as permanent head of the service in 1941. He retired in 1946.<ref>[http://www.mi5.gov.uk/output/former-dgs.html Former Directors General], MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI5#Directors_General_of_the_Security_Service</ref>
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Latest revision as of 18:13, 14 January 2018

Person.png Oswald Allen Harker   Powerbase WikidataRdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
(soldier, spook)
Oswald Allen Harker.jpg
Born1886
Cirencester, UK
Died1968 (Age 81)
NationalityBritish

Employment.png Acting Director General of MI5

In office
June 1940 - April 1941
Preceded byVernon Kell
Succeeded byDavid Petrie
Reportedly ineffective.

Brigadier Oswald "Jasper" Harker C.B.E. served as Acting Director General of the Security Service (MI5) from 1940 to 1941.[1]

Background

Oswald Allen Harker was born in Cirencester in 1886, the son of James Allen Harker, professor at the Royal Agricultural College, and his wife Lizzie Allen Harker. His younger brother was Brigadier Arthur William Allen Harker CBE.

Career

Harker became Deputy Director General of MI5 when Sir David Petrie was appointed as permanent head of the service in 1941. He retired in 1946.[2][3]

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References

  1. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
  2. ↑ Former Directors General, MI5, accessed 8 July 2009.
  3. ↑ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MI5#Directors_General_of_the_Security_Service
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