Vernon George Waldegrave Kell
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Vernon George Waldegrave Kell was a British Army officer and intelligence official best known as the founding director of MI5, the United Kingdom’s domestic security service.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Vernon George Waldegrave Kell canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British Army officer
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civil servant ⓘ human ⓘ intelligence official ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Vernon G. W. Kell
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Vernon Kell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Companion of the Order of the Bath NERFINISHED ⓘ Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1873-11-21 ⓘ |
| conflict |
World War I
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surface form:
First World War
World War II ⓘ
surface form:
Second World War
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| countryOfCitizenship |
United Kingdom
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1942-03-27 ⓘ |
| employer | Security Service (MI5) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Kell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
counter-espionage
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domestic intelligence ⓘ |
| founded | Security Service (MI5) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Vernon George Waldegrave Kell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | Vernon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
intelligence administrator
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security chief ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | Brigadier General ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableEvent | co-founding of the Secret Service Bureau in 1909 ⓘ |
| notableFor | founding director of MI5 ⓘ |
| notableWork | establishment of the British domestic security service ⓘ |
| occupation |
intelligence officer
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soldier ⓘ |
| partOf |
British intelligence community
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Secret Service Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Director General of the Security Service ⓘ |
| reasonForNotability | pioneer of British domestic security and counter-espionage ⓘ |
| residence |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| serviceEnd | 1940 ⓘ |
| serviceStart | 1909 ⓘ |
| workedOn |
countering German espionage in the United Kingdom during World War I
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internal security of the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| workLocation | United Kingdom ⓘ |
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