Maurice Oldfield
Chivalric Order Member
1915 – 1981
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Who was Maurice Oldfield?
Sir Maurice Oldfield GCMG CBE was a British intelligence officer and espionage administrator. He was the seventh 'C' of the Secret Intelligence Service from 1973 to 1978.
Oldfield was reputedly one of the models for John le Carré's fictional character George Smiley, though Le Carré disputes this.
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- Born
- Nov 16, 1915
Over Haddon - Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Died
- Mar 11, 1981
London
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on July 23, 2013
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