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	[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.		[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.

	Burgess was born in [[Devonport]] and educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy [[Donald Maclean]] came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to Moscow.		Burgess was born in [[Devonport]] and educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy [[Donald Maclean]] came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to Moscow.

	Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.		Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.

Ross Burgess at 23:29, 16 January 2016

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	[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.		[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.

	Burgess was born in [[~~Deveonport~~]] and educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy [[Donald Maclean]] came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to Moscow.		Burgess was born in [[Devonport]] and educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy [[Donald Maclean]] came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to Moscow.

	Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.		Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.

Ross Burgess at 23:29, 16 January 2016

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	[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.		[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.

	Burgess was educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy [[Donald Maclean]] came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to Moscow.		Burgess was born in [[Deveonport]] and educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy [[Donald Maclean]] came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to Moscow.

	Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.		Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.

Ross Burgess at 23:00, 20 February 2014

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	[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.		[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.

	Burgess was educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy Donald Maclean came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to Moscow.		Burgess was educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy [[Donald Maclean]] came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to Moscow.

	Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.		Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.

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Ross Burgess at 16:29, 27 April 2013

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	[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.		[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.

	Burgess was educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy Donald Maclean came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to ~~the~~ Moscow.		Burgess was educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy Donald Maclean came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to Moscow.

	Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.		Unlike Maclean, who became a respected Soviet citizen in exile and lived until 1983, Burgess did not take to life in the Soviet Union very well. His homosexuality may have been a problem, though he lived openly with a lover. Also, unlike Maclean, he never bothered to learn Russian, furnished his flat from London and continued to order his clothes from his Savile Row tailor. Becoming ever more dependent on alcohol, he died, aged 52.

Ross Burgess at 17:12, 18 April 2013

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	'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.		[[File:Guy_Burgess.jpg\|thumb\|Guy Burgess]]'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.

	Burgess was educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy Donald Maclean came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to the Moscow.		Burgess was educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy Donald Maclean came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to the Moscow.

Ross Burgess at 17:05, 18 April 2013

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	'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was ~~part~~ of the "Cambridge Five" ~~spy ring that~~ passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.		'''Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess''' (1911–1963) was a British radio producer, intelligence officer and Foreign Office official. He was one of the "Cambridge Five" who passed Western secrets to the Soviets before and during the Cold War.

	Burgess was educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy Donald Maclean came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to the Moscow.		Burgess was educated at [[Eton College]], the Royal Naval College, [[Dartmouth]], and [[Cambridge]]. While at Cambridge he was a member of the [[Apostles]], along with [[Anthony Blunt]]. While working at the Foreign Office and at the British embassy in Washington, he passed top secret documents to the Soviet Union. In 1951 his fellow spy Donald Maclean came under suspicion, and Burgess and Maclean famously fled together to the Moscow.
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