Oswald Rayner
MI6 agent, journalist (1888-1961) · United Kingdom · On the map · Journalists · Died at 72
Oswald Theodore Rayner was a British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) field agent who operated covertly in the Russian Empire during the First World War.
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He is believed by some to have been involved in the final murder plot against Grigori Rasputin, but "the archives of the British intelligence service (MI6) do not hold a single document linking Rayner, Hoare, or any other British agent or diplomat to the murder."
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1888 to 1961 · aged 72
