Julia Pirie

Elizabeth Mary Julia Pirie
Born(1918-07-08)8 July 1918
Died2 September 2008(2008-09-02) (aged 90)
NationalityBritish
Other namesJulia Pirie
OccupationSpy
Known forEspionage

Elizabeth Mary Julia Pirie (8 July 1918 – 2 September 2008) is best known as a British spy who worked for MI5 from the 1950s through her retirement in the 1990s.[1] She was known to her family as Elizabeth, but as Julia by her MI5 colleagues.[2][3] She was initially recruited to spy on the Communist Party of Great Britain. The Communist Party's relevance had dwindled significantly by 1978 and she was withdrawn from her role there and assigned to other roles by MI5.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Obituary: Julia Pirie". Irish Independent. Dublin. 2 November 2008. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
  2. ^ a b "AFIO Weekly Intelligence Notes". www.afio.com. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference DT was invoked but never defined (see the help page).