Stephen Lander KCB | |
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| Born | 1947 (age 73–74) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation | Intelligence officer, Academic |
| Awards | KCB |
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| Allegiance | United Kingdom ){kind=small} |
| Service branch | MI5 |
| Service years | 1975–2002 |
| Rank | Director General of MI5 |
Sir Stephen James Lander, KCB (born 1947) is a former chairman of the United Kingdom's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), who also served as Director General of the British Security Service (MI5) from 1996 to 2002.
Career
Lander attended Bishop's Stortford College and Queens' College, Cambridge, where he earned a doctorate in history entitled The diocese of Chichester 1508–1558 : Episcopal reform under Robert Sherburne and its aftermath. In 1975, after three years at the Institute of Historical Research (part of the University of London) where he was assistant editor of the Victoria History of Cheshire, and serving as an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Liverpool, he joined MI5.[1] He was Director General of MI5 from 1996 to 2002.[2]
In April 2006 he was appointed chairman of Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).[3] He retired from that post in 2009.[4]
In 1972, he married Felicity Mary Brayley and had a son and daughter.[5] In September 2002, his son James died at age 28 of acute blood poisoning caused by drug and alcohol toxicity.[6]
References
- ^ The Security Service Archived 2005-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ The Defence of the Realm, by Christopher Andrew, Page 560, Published by Allen Lane, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7139-9885-6
- ^ "'British FBI' to have new powers". BBC. 11 January 2006.
- ^ MoD Civil Servant appointed Head of SOCA Daily Telegraph, 8 July 2009
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2231. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
- ^ "MI5 chief's son died of blood poisoning". The Independent. 26 November 2002. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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| Preceded by Dame Stella Rimington | Director General of MI5 1996–2002 | Succeeded by Eliza Manningham-Buller |