John Stonehouse
Politician
1925 – 1988
Who was John Stonehouse?
John Thomson Stonehouse was a British Labour Party politician and junior minister under Harold Wilson. Stonehouse is perhaps best remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974. More than twenty years after his death, it was publicly revealed that he had been an agent for the communist Czechoslovak Socialist Republic military intelligence. In 1979 Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and top cabinet members learned from a Czech defector that Stonehouse had been a paid Czech spy since 1962. He had provided secrets about government plans as well as technical information about aircraft, and received about £5,000. He was already in prison for fraud and the government decided there was insufficient evidence to bring to trial, so no announcement or prosecution was made.
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- Born
- Jul 28, 1925
Southampton - Profession
- Education
- London School of Economics
- Taunton's College
- Died
- Apr 14, 1988
Southampton
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on July 23, 2013
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