Christopher Curwen
Encyclopedia
Sir Christopher Keith Curwen, KCMG (born 9 April 1929) was Head of the British
Secret Intelligence Service
from 1985 to 1989.
and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
, Curwen was commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
in 1948. He then joined the Secret Intelligence Service and became a South-East Asia specialist before being posted to Geneva
and Washington D.C. He was appointed Chief of the Service in 1989.
United Kingdom
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Secret Intelligence Service
Secret Intelligence Service
The Secret Intelligence Service is responsible for supplying the British Government with foreign intelligence. Alongside the internal Security Service , the Government Communications Headquarters and the Defence Intelligence , it operates under the formal direction of the Joint Intelligence...
from 1985 to 1989.
Career
Educated at Sherborne SchoolSherborne School
Sherborne School is a British independent school for boys, located in the town of Sherborne in north-west Dorset, England. It is one of the original member schools of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference....
and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge
Sidney Sussex College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England.The college was founded in 1596 and named after its foundress, Frances Sidney, Countess of Sussex. It was from its inception an avowedly Puritan foundation: some good and godlie moniment for the mainteynance...
, Curwen was commissioned into the 4th Queen's Own Hussars
4th Queen's Own Hussars
The 4th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, before being amalgamated into The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars in 1958....
in 1948. He then joined the Secret Intelligence Service and became a South-East Asia specialist before being posted to Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
and Washington D.C. He was appointed Chief of the Service in 1989.