Ronald Sydney Seth
born 5.6.1911 England
educated King's School,Ely
educated Sorbonne,Paris
educated Cambridge University
educated University of Tallinn,Estonia (honorary Ph.D. 1939)
social worker 1930
Professor of Literature,University of Tallinn 1939-40
returned to UK
B.B.C. Monitoring Service (Intelligence Bureau)
R.A.F.V.R.
RAF Bridgnorth (ranks)
commissioned Pilot Officer
Bomber Command (Intelligence Officer) June 1941
SOE January 1942
parachuted into Estonia
betrayed and arrested
trained by Germans as double agent
joined Luftwaffe
sent to London on peace mission from Himmler April 1945
married prewar
married (2nd) Barbara McAdam
resided Malta 1970s
writer and sexologist (own name and as Robert Chartham)
author "A Spy Has No Friends" (1952)
died 1.2.1985
photo taken 1945 with his first wife and family