Jock Haswell

Major C.J.D "Jock" Haswell, (Chenwynd Haswell) who also wrote as George Foster[1] (born 1919)[2] is a British military and intelligence author and former British intelligence officer.[3] He was "Author for Service Intelligence" 1966-1984.

Early life

Haswell was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Little Appley Preparatory School and Winchester College.[4]

Career

Haswell was trained at Sandhurst c. 1938/9 - 1941.[5] He joined the Queen's Royal Regiment[5] on 3 April 1941.[6] Later in 1941 he was stationed in India, and saw local action.[7]

He was promoted Major on 3 July 1952.[8]

He retired from the army on 29 April 1960.[9]

Haswell's later work was mostly writing, continuing a thread from his military and intelligence work. He self-deprecatingly described his books as "holes held together with string". Nonetheless, his James II, for example, was reviewed in the Times of 29 July 1972 by Geoffrey Homes.[10]

Bibliography

Books

Articles

See also

References

  1. http://trove.nla.gov.au/people/939470?c=people
  2. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 63.
  3. Books and Bookmen. Hansom Books. 1976.
  4. The Author's & Writer's Who's who. Burke's Peerage. 1971. p. 366.
  5. 1 2 Michael Lowry (19 January 2009). Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India and Burma. Casemate Publishers. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-84415-802-7.
  6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35077. p. 955. 18 July 1952.
  7. Michael Lowry (19 January 2009). Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India and Burma. Casemate Publishers. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-84415-802-7.
  8. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39600. p. 3867. 18 July 1952.
  9. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 42020. p. 3024. 29 April 1960.
  10. Clyve Jones (1987). A Biography of the Works Published by Geoffrey Holmes. Britain in the First Age of Party, 1687-1750: Essays Presented to Geoffrey Holmes. A&C Black. pp. xvi. ISBN 978-0-907628-89-7.
  11. R. T. Foster (11 March 1973). "King Who Lost the Battle of the Boyne". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 118.
  12. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/jock-haswell/james-ii-soldier-and-sailor/
  13. Book Review, Boulton, William N., The Hartford Courant, Feb 26, 1978.
  14. Spies & Spymasters: A Concise History of Intelligence (book review,) Chicago Tribune, Oct 16, 1977.
  15. Rings in the Tree of Espionage (book review,)Kirsch, Robert, Los Angeles Times, Oct 14, 1977.

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