| Donald Maclean AKA Donald Duart Maclean Born: 25-May-1913
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 6-Mar-1983
Location of death: Moscow, Russia
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Cremated
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Spy Nationality: England
Executive summary: Spy for Moscow, Cambridge Five While stationed at the British Embassy in Washington DC, Maclean reported to the Russians on details regarding the development of atomic weapons by the US. Most importantly, he informed Moscow of the meagre quantities of Uranium available to the Americans. Prior to his unmasking, he fled to the Soviet Union in 1951, where he worked as an economist. He died there in 1983. Father: Sir Donald Maclean (Liberal MP, b. 9-Jan-1864, d. 15-Jun-1932)
Mother: Gwendoline Katherina Leonora Hope
Wife: Melinda Marling (m. 1940, two sons, one daughter)
Son: Fergus (b. 1944)
Son: Donald (b. 1946)
Daughter: Melinda (b. 1951)
High School: Gresham's School, Norfolk (1931)
University: Trinity College, Cambridge University (1934)
UK Diplomatic Service Cairo (1948)
UK Diplomatic Service Secretary, British Embassy in DC (1944-48)
Communist Party
Author of books:
British Foreign Policy Since Suez, 1956-1968 (1970, policy)
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