Colin McColl
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Script error: No such module "For". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox spy Sir Colin Hugh Verel McColl, Template:Post-nominals (born 6 September 1932) was Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1989 to 1994.
Career
Educated at Shrewsbury School and at The Queen's College, Oxford,[1] McColl joined the diplomatic service in 1950.[2] He served in Laos, Vietnam, Warsaw and Geneva[2] before he was appointed Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service in 1989.[3] In retirement he was a Director of the Scottish American Investment Company.[4]
In 1996 he was appointed an Honorary Fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford.[1]
References
Template:S-govTemplate:S-endTemplate:Authority controlTemplate:Asbox- ↑ a b Burkes Peerage and Gentry
- ↑ a b British Threat Awareness Council
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- ↑ Scottish American Investment Company Annual Report 2005
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