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Stewart Graham Menzies was born in England in 1890 into a wealthy family as the second son of John Graham Menzies and Susannah West Wilson, daughter of ship-owner Arthur Wilson of Tranby Croft. [3] His grandfather, Graham Menzies, was a whisky distiller who helped establish a cartel and made huge profits.
Another Sir Robert Menzies, who was the eighth chief, built Weem Castle, near the current Castle Menzies, in about 1488. [7] The castle was plundered in 1502 by Stewart of Garth in a dispute over the lands of Fothergill. [7] Janet Menzies had married a Stewart about a century earlier, and Garth claimed the lands as part of her tocher, or dowry. [7]
One tradition that was not maintained was the selection of the Chief from the ranks of the Royal Navy. Although Cumming and his successor Hugh Sinclair both had long Navy careers, [6] in 1939 Army veteran Stewart Menzies was appointed over naval officer (and Churchill's preferred candidate) Gerard Muirhead-Gould. [7]
Menzies is a Scottish surname, ... Stewart Menzies (1890–1968), Head of British Secret Intelligence Service 1939–1952; Ted Menzies (born 1952), Canadian politician;
He argues that the Soviets are allies, working for the same goals, and threatens to retaliate by disclosing Turing's sexuality. When the top MI6 agent Stewart Menzies appears to threaten Clarke, Turing reveals that Cairncross is a spy. Menzies already knew, leaking misinformation to the Soviets for British benefit.
Sir Stewart Menzies (1890–1968) was Chief of MI6 during and after the Second World War, and on whom Ian Fleming based "M" of James Bond fame. In the 1920s he acquired Bridges Court , an 18th-century Grade II-listed Cotswold stone farmhouse, set in 30 acres adjoining the Badminton Estate.
In 1915, Stewart Menzies joined the intelligence section of the army and remained there until the end of the war. [21] After the war, both of Susannah's sons returned home and married soon afterwards. Stewart Menzies became a frequent visitor of the Holfords and came to stay with them at Dorchester House and Westonbirt. [22]
Winston Churchill was reported to have told King George VI, when presenting to him Stewart Menzies (head of the Secret Intelligence Service and the person who controlled distribution of Ultra decrypts to the government): "It is thanks to the secret weapon of General Menzies, put into use on all the fronts, that we won the war!"