John Sinclair (British Army officer)
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Sir John Alexander Sinclair,
Career
Sinclair was the second son of a Church of England priest,
Following his retirement from the military in 1952 as a
Sir John's retirement coincided with a failed frogman mission to investigate the Sverdlov-class cruiser Ordzhonikidze that had brought the leader of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, and Prime Minister Nikolai Bulganin on a diplomatic mission to Britain, resulting in the death of frogman Lionel Crabb. The Prime Minister had not approved this mission and some accounts incorrectly claimed that Sir John had been forced to resign.[13] The "Authorized History of MI5" confirms that the decision that the head of that service should succeed Sir John at his planned retirement date in 1956 had been taken by the Prime Minister in 1954.[14]
References
- ^ "No. 39732". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 December 1952. p. 4.
- ^ "No. 37119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1945. p. 2936.
- ^ "No. 34893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 9 July 1940. p. 4248.
- ^ "No. 38122". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 November 1947. p. 5352.
- ^ "No. 38288". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 May 1948. p. 2920.
- ^ "No. 31137". The London Gazette (Supplement). 21 January 1919. p. 1142.
- ^ a b c d "Biography of Major-General Sir John Alexander Sinclair (1897–1977), Great Britain". generals.dk.
- ^ a b "Sir John Sinclair". The Times. No. 59960. 24 March 1977. p. 21.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31691. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ISBN 978-1-84832-894-5.
- ISBN 978-1-84832-894-5.
- ISBN 978-0-375-75983-3.
- ISBN 978-1-84832-894-5.
- ISBN 978-0-7139-9885-6.
Bibliography
- Smart, Nick (2005). Biographical Dictionary of British Generals of the Second World War. ISBN 1844150496.
- SINCLAIR, Maj.-Gen. Sir John, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)