Brian Stewart (diplomat), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Scottish diplomat
Date of Birth: 27-Apr-1922
Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 16-Aug-2015
Profession: diplomat
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Taurus 
About Brian Stewart (diplomat)
- Brian Thomas Webster Stewart CMG (27 April 1922 – 16 August 2015) was a British soldier, colonial official, diplomat and the second-most senior officer in the British Secret Intelligence Service.
- He fought in the Second World War, played an influential role in the Malayan Emergency, then served as British Consul-General in Shanghai on the eve of the cultural revolution, as British Representative to North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and as the Director of Technical Services and Assistant Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) from 1974 to 1979.He is credited with being one of the first China specialists in the Secret Intelligence Service, and the first Director of Support Services.
- Sir Colin McColl, Chief of SIS from 1989 to 1994 said of Stewart: "Everything he did, he did very well.
- He was one of the most remarkable persons in the service."
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