SIS Franks, Arthur Temple (Dickie)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Franks ​

• FORENAME

Arthur Temple (Dickie) ​

• UNIT

SIS ​

• RANK

Director General ​

• NUMBER

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• AWARD

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George ​

• PLACE

1979 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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 ​

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