SIS Hollis, Roger Henry

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Hollis ​

• FORENAME

Roger Henry ​

• UNIT

MI5 ​

• RANK

Director-General ​

• NUMBER

• AWARD

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire,Companion of the Order of the Bath ​

• PLACE

1956 (CB) 1966 (KBE) ​

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• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 2.12.1905 Wells,Somerset​

son of George Arthur and Mary Margaret (nee Church) Hollis​

son of Bishop of Taunton​

educated Leeds Grammar School ​

educated Clifton College​

educated Worcester College,Oxford​

DCO Branch,Barclays Bank (1year)​

journalist with a Hong Kong newspaper​

British American Tobacco Company 1928 (China - 8 years)​

MI5 1938-65​

Deputy Director-General 1953​

Director-General 1956-65 (retired)​

awards OBE 1946,CB 1956,Knighted 1960,KBE 1966​

married Evelyn Esme Swayne 10.7.1937 (dissolved 1968) (1 son)​

married Edith Valentine Hammond 1968​

died 26.10.1973​

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