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unusual facts about British Agent


R. H. Bruce Lockhart

He later wrote about his experiences in his 1932 autobiographical book, Memoirs of a British Agent, which became an instant worldwide hit, and was made into the 1934 film, British Agent, by Warner Brothers.



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George Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer

When Napoleon instigated the secularization of religious houses in south Germany, Spencer used local British agent and Benedictine monk, Alexander Horn to acquire many of their rare books and manuscripts.

Krystyna

Krystyna Skarbek (1915-1952), Polish-born British agent in World War II

Malayan Communist Party

At this time, the party was infiltrated by an apparent British agent, Lai Teck, who became Secretary-General in April 1939.

Officer Crabtree

The character is an undercover British agent masquerading as a gendarme.

Ray Lonnen

In this, Lonnen played Harry Brown, a British agent sent to Northern Ireland to smoke out an IRA assassin who had slain a cabinet minister.

Ronan O'Rahilly

Ronan O'Rahilly (born 21 May 1940) is an Irish businessman best known for the creation of the offshore radio station, Radio Caroline, and the man who convinced George Lazenby to give up the role of British Agent James Bond after only one film.

Salon-la-Tour

Violette Szabo, a 22-year-old British agent who was parachuted a second time into France, on June 7 1944 (where she was to try to help obstructing the movement of German SS units from the south of France to Normandy), was captured near Salon-la-Tour.