Fitzroy Maclean

Sir Fitzroy Hew Royle MacLean, Baronet of Dunconnel, (March 11, 1911, Egypt - June 15, 1996, Scotland) was a Scottish diplomat, adventurer, writer and politician, as well as rumoured to be one of the inspirations for James Bond although throughout his life he neither confirmed or denied this. In Eastern Approaches, MacLean recounted his extraordinary adventures in Soviet Central Asia, and in the Western Desert, where he specialized in commando raids behind enemy lines.

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Baronet - Dunconnel - March 11 - 1911 - Egypt - June 15 - 1996 - Scotland - Inspirations for James Bond - Eastern Approaches - Soviet - Central Asia

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MacLean went to school at Eton College, followed by King's College, Cambridge University. On going down from Cambridge, he joined the Diplomatic Service in 1933. His ancestral home was Duart Castle on the Isle of Mull in the Hebrides.

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Eton College - King's College - Cambridge University - 1933 - Duart Castle - Isle of Mull - The Hebrides

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