Valentine Vivian
Valentine Patrick Terrel Vivian | |
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Nickname(s) | Vee-Vee (as head of Section V) |
Born | Kensington, England | 17 March 1886
Died | 15 April 1969 Lymington, England | (aged 83)
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Rank | Colonel |
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Other work | Asst Superintendent of Police ( India ) 1914 |
Colonel Valentine Patrick Terrell Vivian
Family background
Valentine Vivian was born on 17 March 1886 in
In 1911, Vivian married Mary Primrose Warlow, daughter of the Venerable Edmund John Warlow, archdeacon of Lahore, India.
Early career
Vivian joined the Indian Police (Imperial Service) in December 1906 and was posted as assistant district superintendent of police for Punjab, reaching the rank of assistant superintendent in November 1907, and subsequently superintendent of police for Ambala, Ludhiana, Jhang, Hissar, Sialkot, and Lahore railway police.[4] He was senior superintendent of police for the Delhi province and in October 1914 became an assistant director of central intelligence (Simla). He retired from the Indian Police in 1925.[7][8]
In the mid-1920s, agency director
Between 1925 and 1931, organisational rivalries proliferated among Vivian's CE section, the domestic intelligence agency, MI5, and Scotland Yard. A network of domestic agents known as the 'Casuals' had provided information to CE section. In 1930, after a series of meetings of the Special Services Committee, the Casuals were transferred to MI5, where they became "M Section"; many still provided the SIS with information.
Under Vivian, Section V focused on the activities of the
During the First World War, Vivian served in the
Later career
In the summer of 1940, Vivian was one of the organisers of the British Resistance organisation created by SIS. He was particularly responsible for liaison with MI5 to ensure the legality of the body (SIS were not supposed to operate within the UK). In 1941, he became Vice-Chief of SIS but was engaged in a long-running power struggle with Claude Dansey for power within the organisation. He retired from SIS in 1951.[4][9]
References
- See, in particular, "The Secret Service Committee, 1919-1931", Gill Bennett, Chief Historian, Foreign & Commonwealth Office; and "The Secret Intelligence Service and the Case of Hilaire Noulens", Christopher Baxter, Historian, Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
- ^ "No. 37909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1947. p. 6.
- ^ "No. 37909". The London Gazette (Supplement). 20 March 1947. p. 1312.
- ^ "No. 30730". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 June 1918. p. 6716.
- ^ required.)
- ^ The Times Obituaries 1961–1970
- ^ Who Was Who 1951–1960 p. 1121
- ^ India Office, Record of Services, p. 892, 1933
- ^ Who's Who 1934
- ISBN 978-1-47383-377-7.
External links
- Discusses SIS director Sir Stewart Menzies's reorganisation of units into "Headquarters" and "Foreign" divisions, including Section V