John Rennie (MI6 officer)

Sir
John Rennie
KCMG
6th Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service
In office
1968–1973
Preceded byDick White
Succeeded byMaurice Oldfield
Personal details
Born(1914-01-13)13 January 1914
Marylebone, England
Died30 September 1981(1981-09-30) (aged 67)
Lambeth, England
SpouseJennifer Margaret Wainwright
ChildrenDavid Rennie, Charles Rennie
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationIntelligence officer
AwardsKCMG

Sir John Ogilvy Rennie, KCMG (13 January 1914 – 30 September 1981) was the 6th Director of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1968 to 1973. He was once the head of the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret branch of the UK Foreign Office dedicated to pro-colonial and anti-communist propaganda during the Cold War.

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