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Richard Dearlove

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British intelligence chief

United KingdomBorn 1945 · age 81
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Sir Richard Billing Dearlove is a retired British intelligence officer who was head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), a role known informally as "C", from 1999 until 6 May 2004. He was head of MI6 during the invasion of Iraq.

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

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Sir Richard Billing Dearlove is a retired British intelligence officer who was head of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), a role known informally as "C", from 1999 until 6 May 2004. He was head of MI6 during the invasion of Iraq. He was criticised by the Iraq Inquiry for providing unverified intelligence about weapons of mass destruction to the Prime Minister, Tony Blair. He was Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 2004 to 2015.

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Born 1945 · age 81
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