Neil McLean
Politician
1918 – 1986
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Who was Neil McLean?
Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Loudon Desmond McLean DSO, known as Billy McLean, was a British Army intelligence officer and politician who led a celebrated Special Operations Executive operation in Albania during the Second World War, and later attempted to overthrow Communism in the country. He served as a Unionist Member of Parliament for Inverness.
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- Born
- Nov 28, 1918
London - Also known as
- Billy McLean
- Neil Loudon Desmond McLean
- Neil Loudon Desmond McLean DSO
- Lieutenant-Colonel Neil Loudon Desmond McLean DSO
- Billy
- Parents
- Spouses
- Daška McLean
(1949/11/14 - )
- Daška McLean
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
- Eton College
- Died
- Nov 17, 1986
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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