- SURNAME
Curwen
- FORENAME
Christopher Keith
- UNIT
SIS (Director of Counter-Intelligence and Security + Head of SIS)
- RANK
Civilian
- NUMBER
- AWARD
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- PLACE
1982 (CMG) 1986 (KCMG)
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
born 9.4.1929
educated Sherborne School
educated Sidney Sussex College,Cambridge
commissioned 4th Queen's Own Hussars 1948
served in Malaya (Mention in Despatches)
SIS 1952
SE Asian affairs 1952-65
counter-intelligence,Washington,D.C. 1968-71
head of Soviet affairs 1971-77
Head of Station,Geneva 1977-80
Director of Counter-Intelligence and Security 1980-85
Head of SIS 1985-88
retired November 1988
Intelligence Coordinator,Cabinet Office 1988-91
Member of the Security Commission
married Vera Noom Tai 1956 (dissolved 1977) (3 children)
married Helen Stirling 1977 (2 children)
died 18.12.2013
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