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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 31895" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Hollis </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Roger Henry </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>MI5 </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Director-General </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AWARD</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire,Companion of the Order of the Bath </em></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>PLACE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1956 (CB) 1966 (KBE) </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 2.12.1905 Wells,Somerset</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of George Arthur and Mary Margaret (nee Church) Hollis</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>son of Bishop of Taunton</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Leeds Grammar School </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Clifton College</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>educated Worcester College,Oxford</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>DCO Branch,Barclays Bank (1year)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>journalist with a Hong Kong newspaper</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>British American Tobacco Company 1928 (China - 8 years)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>MI5 1938-65</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Deputy Director-General 1953</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Director-General 1956-65 (retired)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards OBE 1946,CB 1956,Knighted 1960,KBE 1966</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Evelyn Esme Swayne 10.7.1937 (dissolved 1968) (1 son)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married Edith Valentine Hammond 1968</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>died 26.10.1973</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><strong>IMAGES:</strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/r-hollis.1084/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1084-78db17b6b9658993e8c177ee2ce3ff57.jpg?1591383124" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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