Donald Duart Maclean

Donald Duart Maclean (1913- 6 March 1983) was one of the Cambridge Five, members of MI5 and MI6 who acted as spies for Russia in the Second World War. He was the son of the Scottish Liberal politician Sir Donald Maclean.

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1913 - 1983 - Cambridge Five - MI5 - MI6 - Spies - Russia - Second World War - Liberal - Sir Donald Maclean

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Maclean was recruited into Soviet intelligence in 1934 while studying political history and philology at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.

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1934 - Philology - Trinity Hall, Cambridge

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Like the others in the Cambridge Five, MacLean came from a privileged background. Two of the others were known to be homosexuals, Guy Burgess and Anthony Blunt, and it is sometimes stated that MacLean was too. However, it seems more likely that he was a bisexual. Guy Burgess claimed to have seduced him.

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Homosexuals - Bisexual

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