Arthur Temple (Dick) Franks
born 13.7.1920
educated Rugby School
educated Queen's College,Oxford
Royal Corps of Signals 1940
commissioned,Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
Libyan Arab Force (intelligence officer) 1942
SOE,Cairo
Control Commission,Germany 1945
demobilised 1946
sub-editor,Daily Mirror 1946
SIS 1949
Cyprus 1952-56
Bonn 1962-66
award C.M.G. 1967
administrative appointments
Deputy Chief of SIS 1977
Director General ("C") SIS 1979-82
award K.C.M.G. 1979
adviser to the Wilkinson Group
married (wife died 2004) (3 children)
died 12.10.2008
