Stewart Menzies

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Person.png Stewart Menzies  Rdf-entity.pngRdf-icon.png
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Born30 January 1890
Died29 May 1968 (Age 78)

Sir Stewart Menzies was head of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1939[1] to 1952.[2]

By 1929 he was Deputy Chief of the SIS and he was promoted to full colonel soon afterwards.[3]


 

Appointments by Stewart Menzies

AppointeeJobAppointedEndDescription
Edward Beddington-BehrensDeputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service6 March 19431944Deputy Director/Army (DD/A)
John CordeauxDeputy Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service6 March 19431945Deputy Director/Navy
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References

  1. Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.4.
  2. Stephen Dorril, MI6: Inside the Covert World of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Touchstone, 2002, p.494.
  3. C: The Secret Life of Sir Stewart Graham Menzies, by Anthony Cave Brown, 1987.


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