Edward Beddington-Behrens

Edward Beddington-Behrens
Edward Beddington-Behrens ; (soldier, spook, businessman);
Born	2 February 1897; Paris
Died	28 November 1968 (Age 71); London
Nationality	UK
Alma mater	Charterhouse School, Royal Military Academy, Christ Church (Oxford)
Parents	Walter Behrens
Spouse	• Barbara Jessie Burton; • Irina Obolensky; • Irene Adela Kane
	Deputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
In office
	6 March 1943 - Mid 1944
Appointed by	Stewart Menzies
Succeeded by	Mark 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.

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

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

Event	Start	End	Location(s)	Description
1948 Hague Congress	7 May 1948	11 May 1948	Netherlands 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/1958	13 September 1958	15 September 1958	United Kingdom Buxton UK	The 7th Bilderberg and the first one in the UK. 72 guests

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