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R. H. Bruce Lockhart

Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart was born in Anstruther, Fife, Scotland, the son of Robert Bruce Lockhart and Florence Stuart Macgregor. At age 21, he went to Malaya to open an additional rubber estate for two of his uncles who were rubber planters in the country. After three years, he was diagnosed with malaria, and returned to Scotland. He joined the Foreign Service and was stationed in Moscow as Vice-Consul. In 1913 he married Jean Haslewood Turner, daughter of Leonard Turner. He was Acting British Consul-General in Moscow when the first Russian Revolution broke out in early 1917. He left before the Bolshevik Revolution, but returned in 1918 to try to persuade the Soviet government to aid in fighting Germany, and was arrested and accused of plotting to assassinate Vladimir Lenin. He was sentenced to death, but was spared in a prisoner exchange. In 1932 he published a book, Memoirs of a British Agent, about his experiences in Moscow.

He published several memoirs in the period between the wars. Also during this time, in 1938, he and his wife divorced.

During World War II, he was director-general of the Political Warfare Executive, which produced British propaganda. He also served as the British liaison officer to the Czechoslovak government-in-exile under President Edvard Beneš. In 1943 he was invested as a Knight Commander, Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.).

After the war, he resumed his writing career. He was also a broadcaster with the BBC. In 1948 he married Frances Mary Beck, daughter of Maj.-Gen. E. A. Beck.

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Born 2 September 1887
Died 27 February 1970

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Born 2 September 1887
Died 27 February 1970

Subjects

Communism, History, Biography, Foreign relations, World War, 1914-1918, Description and travel, Politics and government, Diplomatic relations, Scotch whiskey, Whiskey, World War, 1939-1945, British Diplomatic and consular service, British Personal narratives, Childhood and youth, Diaries, Diplomatic history, Diplomats, Diplomats, biography, English Personal narratives, Europe -- Politics and government -- 1918-1945, Great Britain, Great Britain. Royal Marines, Great britain, biography, Great britain, foreign relations, soviet union, Great britain, social life and customs

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Great Britain, Soviet Union, Europe, Czechoslovakia, Malay Archipelago, Russia, Balkan Peninsula, Czech Republic, Scotland

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Robert Bruce Lockhart Sir (1887-1970), Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart Sir (1887-1970), Jan Masaryk (1886-1948), Jan Masaryk, R. H. Bruce Lockhart (1887-1970)

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1918-1945, 20th century, 1945-, Bolshevik Revolution, Revolution, 1917-1921, World War I

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
October 25, 2010 Edited by Sarah Breau Removed alternate name
October 25, 2010 Edited by Sarah Breau merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import