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Captain Sir Mansfield George Smith-Cumming KCMG CB (1 April 1859 – 14 June 1923) was a British naval officer who served as the first chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).
Jun 2, 2021 · British naval officer Mansfield Smith-Cumming was the first director of the Secret Intelligence Service, which would become MI6. Mansfield Smith-Cumming guided the spy agency through its early days with a cadre of eccentric professionals who used cane-swords and invisible ink made of their own bodily fluids.
Mansfield Smith-Cumming. In the summer of 1914 Smith-Cumming and his only son, Alastair, were on a driving holiday in Europe. They were driving at high speed through woodland in Northern France when Alistair lost control of the wheel. The car spun into a roadside tree and flipped upside down.
Captain Sir George Mansfield Smith-Cumming, KCMG CB (1 April 1859 – 14 June 1923) was the first director of what would become the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), also known as MI6. In this role he was particularly successful in building a post-imperial intelligence service.
Captain SIR Mansfield George Smith-Cumming, K.C.M.G., C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (1 April 1859 – 14 June 1923) was an officer of the Royal Navy and the first head of the Secret Intelligence Service, more commonly known as MI6.
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Sir Mansfield Cumming was the first Chief of the Secret Service Bureau, the organisation that grew into the agencies known today as MI5 and MI6. At various times between 1911 and 1922, 2 Whitehall Court served not only as Cumming’s home, but also as headquarters of the Foreign Section of the Secret Service Bureau.
