HughHugh wrote:Hello again,
One of the interesting points in the Peak District is that Maurice Oldfield, who was the son of a local tenant farmer, was head of MI6 from 1973 - 1978 and is thought to be the inspiration for one of the characters in 007. He lived in the village of Over Haddon, close to Bakewell, and is buried in St Anne's churchyard.
Another piece of useless information off my conveyor belt of a brain cell
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Hugh.
He was my ex- wife's uncle
We were married in Over Hadden church
He was indeed much of the inspiration behind Le Carre's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy too as well as M in 007
He was a quite enigmatic man
Martin Pearce's (his nephew) recent book is worth a read too
One of the first Spymasters not to be OxBridge and he went to Manchester university
His ww2 war service is fascinating too and part of the reason he entered MI6