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Brian Stewart | |
|---|---|
| Director Support Services, Assistant Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service | |
| In office 1974–1979 | |
| Prime Minister | James Callaghan |
| Head of Hong Kong Station | |
| In office 1972–1974 | |
| Prime Minister | Edward Heath |
| Secretary to the Joint Intelligence Committee | |
| In office 1969–1972 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson Edward Heath |
| Preceded by | Brooks Richards |
| Succeeded by | Michael Herman |
| Consul-General and British Representative to North Vietnam | |
| In office 1967–1969 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| Preceded by | John Colvin |
| Succeeded by | Daphne Park |
| First Secretary Manila | |
| In office 1967–1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Wilson |
| First Secretary Kuala Lumpur | |
| In office 1964–1967 | |
| Prime Minister | Alec Douglas-Home Harold Wilson |
| Consul-General of the United Kingdom in Shanghai | |
| In office July 1962 – February 1964 | |
| Prime Minister | Alec Douglas-Home |
| Preceded by | Frank Chatterton Butler |
| Succeeded by | Douglas Spankie |
| 2nd Secretary Rangoon | |
| In office 1957–1960 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Secretary for Chinese Affairs Malacca | |
| In office 1955–1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Harold Macmillan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Brian Thomas Webster Stewart 27 April 1922 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 16 August 2015 (aged 93) Broich, Crieff, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Spouse(s) |
Peggy Pollock
(m. 1946; div. 1970)Sally Acland Rose Nugent
(m. 1972) |
| Children | 4, including Rory Stewart |
| Residence(s) | Broich, Crieff, Perthshire |
| Alma mater | Worcester College, Oxford |
Brian Thomas Webster Stewart CMG (27 April 1922 – 16 August 2015) was a British soldier, colonial official, diplomat and the second-most senior officer in the British Secret Intelligence Service. He fought in the Second World War, played an influential role in the Malayan Emergency, then served as British Consul-General in Shanghai on the eve of the cultural revolution, as British Representative to North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and as the Director of Technical Services and Assistant Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1974 to 1979.[1]
He is credited with being one of the first China specialists in the Secret Intelligence Service, and the first Director of Support Services. Sir Colin McColl, Chief of SIS from 1989 to 1994 said of Stewart: "Everything he did, he did very well. He was one of the most remarkable persons in the service."[2]
- ^ "Brian Stewart, intelligence officer - obituary". The Telegraph. 28 September 2015. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- ^ Steven, Alasdair (10 September 2015). "Obituary: Brian Stewart, CMG, MI6 director". The Scotsman. Retrieved 3 August 2020.