Guy Burgess
John Robertson

Guy Burgess

Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess
born 16.4.1911 Devonport,Devon
son of Commander Malcolm Kingsford de Moncy and Evelyn Mary (nee Gillman) Burgess
educated Eton College
educated Royal Naval College,Dartmouth
educated Eton College again
graduated Trinity College,Cambridge 1932 and 1933
Secretary,Conservative MP,Captain Jack Macnamara 1935-36
worked for BBC 1936-44 (producer in the Talks Department)
SIS (Section D) December 1938
MI5 (war propaganda) 1939-41
returned to BBC 1941 (liaison with SIS and SOE)
Foreign Office (News Dept) 1944-51
spied for Russia
defected to Russia 25.5.1951
unmarried
died 30.8.1963 Moscow,Russia
ashes buried in churchyard,West Meon,Hampshire
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