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Spymaster: The Life of Britain's Most Decorated Cold War Spy and Head of MI6, Sir Maurice Oldfield

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Oldfield was born on 16 November 1915, in Overhaddon, Derbyshire where his parents were tenant farmers. [2] He was educated at the Lady Manners Grammar School in Bakewell. [3] He studied at the University of Manchester, where his professors included Lewis Namier, Ernest Jacob and A.J.P. Taylor. [4] He graduated with a first class degree in history in 1937, earning a Fellowship at the University the following year. [5] Roy Christian, the well-known Derbyshire writer, described the village as ‘seemingly suspended in mid-air when viewed from the terraces of Haddon Hall’, the large manor house set in the depths of the nearby valley of the river Wye. When your uncle is a spymaster, all you really know about him is his name and job title – everything else is just speculation,” said Mr Pearce in the book’s introduction.

The fascinating life story of one of Britain’s most decorated spies is told in intimate detail by his nephew Martin Pearce in his book, Spymaster. The book is published by Corgi.Former MI5 officer Peter Wright records a conversation he had with Oldfield the day after this meeting in Spycatcher:

Jeremy Hunt 'is poised to cut inheritance tax in Autumn statement next week' amid mounting Tory anxiety about dire polls and with inflation pressure easingDeacon suggests that the appointment of John Rennie as head of MI6 in 1968 was something of a snub to Oldfield. [31] Head of MI6

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