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.
[1] Botkin Hospital, Moscow, Russia.
Father: Sir Donald Maclean (Liberal MP, b. 9-Jan-1864, d. 15-Jun-1932)
Mother: Gwendoline Katherina Leonora Hope
Wife: Melinda Marling (m. 10-Jun-1940, div. 1967, married Kim Philby)
Son: Fergus (b. 1944)
Son: Donald (chemist, b. 1946)
Daughter: Melinda (b. Jun-1951)
Girlfriend: Kitty Harris
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
Nervous Breakdown Egypt (May-1950)
Traveled to the USSR 1951
Defected 1951
unknown detox facility in Russia
Heart Attack 1983
Risk Factors: Alcoholism, Pacemaker, Cancer
Author of books:
British Foreign Policy: The Years Since Suez, 1956-1968 (1970, international affairs)
