SIS Smith-Cumming, Sir George Mansfield

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Smith-Cumming​

• FORENAME

Sir George Mansfield​

• UNIT

Director of SIS (MI6)​

• RANK

Captain​

• NUMBER

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• DATE OF DEATH

14th June 1923​

• AGE

64​

• GRAVESITE

St. Leonard Churchyard, Bursledon, England, UK.​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1.4.1859 India (as Mansfield George Smith)​

son of Colonel John Thomas, RE (1805-1882) and Maria Sarah (nee Tyser) Smith (1816-1887), Foellent House, Kent​

resided 1 Merbury Road, Kensington, London​

Royal Navy 1878-1909​

RN College, Dartmouth​

HMS Britannia (training)​

HMS Bellerophon 1877 (Acting Sub Lt)​

retired list 1885​

recalled to Naval Intelligence 1898-1909 (Captain)​

SSB/SIS 1909-23​

Secret Service Bureau (SSB) (Director of Foreign Section) 1909​

SIS (MI6) (Head of wartime MI1c)​

Chief of SIS (CSS)​

awards C.B. 1914, K.C.M.G. 1919​

married Dora Cloete 1885 (predeceased him)​

married Leslie Marian (May) Valiant 1889 (1 son Alastair Mansfield Smith Cumming 1889-1914)​

changed his name to Smith-Cumming 1889​

died before due for retirement​

died Kensington, London​

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