Roger Hollis

Sir Sir Roger Hollis KBE CB
Born	2 December 1905 Wells, Somerset
Died	26 October 1973(1973-10-26) (aged 67) Catcott, Somerset
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Worcester College, Oxford
Occupation	Intelligence officer
Awards	KBE, CB
Espionage activity
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service branch	MI5
Service years	1938–1965
Rank	Director General of MI5

Sir Roger Henry Hollis KBE CB (2 December 1905 – 26 October 1973) was a British intelligence officer who served with MI5 from 1938 to 1965. He was Director General of MI5 from 1956 to 1965.

Some commentators, including the journalist Chapman Pincher and intelligence officer Peter Wright, suggested that Hollis was a Soviet agent. In his book The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 (2009), the Cambridge historian Christopher Andrew rejects this theory.

The government's official position, first stated by Margaret Thatcher, is that there was no evidence that Hollis was a traitor.^[1]