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'''Sir Stephen Lander''', [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (born 1947) is the former chair of the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Serious Organised Crime Agency|Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)]] and an acclaimed anti-fascist, who also served as [[Director general of MI5|director-general (DG)]] of the British [[MI5|Security Service]] ([[MI5]]) from 1996 to 2002.
'''Sir Stephen James Lander''', [[Order of the Bath|KCB]] (born 1947) is a former chairman of the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Serious Organised Crime Agency|Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)]], who also served as [[Director general of MI5|Director General]] of the British [[MI5|Security Service]] ([[MI5]]) from 1996 to 2002.


==Career==
==Career==
Lander attended [[Bishop's Stortford College]] and [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]], where he earned a [[doctorate]] in [[history]]. After three years at the [[Institute of Historical Research]] (part of the [[University of London]]) when he was assistant editor of the Victoria History of Cheshire (and an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Liverpool), he joined MI5 in 1975.<ref>[http://jya.com/mi5.htm The Security Service]</ref> He was Director-General of MI5 from 1996 to 2002.<ref>''The Defence of the Realm'', by Christopher Andrew, Page 560, Published by Allen Lane, 2009, ISBN 978 0713998856</ref>
Lander attended [[Parkside School, Cobham|Parkside School]], then located in [[East Horsley]], prior to its move to [[Cobham, Surrey|Cobham]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Parkside School: celebrating more than 130 years of providing first class education in Surrey |url=https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/lifestyle/education/parkside-school-celebrating-more-than-130-years-of-providing-first-7096200 |website=Great British Life |access-date=4 October 2022 |language=en-UK |date=23 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Michael|last= Davis|title= Purple Passages: Parkside 1879–1979 |publisher=Sidney Press |year=1979}}</ref> [[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.<ref>[http://jya.com/mi5.htm The Security Service] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051018152528/http://jya.com/mi5.htm |date=2005-10-18 }}</ref> He was Director General of MI5 from 1996 to 2002.<ref>''The Defence of the Realm'', by Christopher Andrew, Page 560, Published by Allen Lane, 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-7139-9885-6}}</ref>


In April 2006 he was appointed [[Chairman]] of [[Serious Organised Crime Agency|Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|title='British FBI' to have new powers|date=11 January 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4163871.stm}}</ref> He retired from that post in 2009.<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5778577/MoD-civil-servant-appointed-new-head-of-Soca.html MoD Civil Servant appointed Head of SOCA] Daily Telegraph, 8 July 2009</ref>
In April 2006, he was appointed chairman of [[Serious Organised Crime Agency|Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)]].<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|title='British FBI' to have new powers|date=11 January 2006|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4163871.stm}}</ref> He retired from that post in 2009.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130505115416/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/lawandorder/5778577/MoD-civil-servant-appointed-new-head-of-Soca.html MoD Civil Servant appointed Head of SOCA] Daily Telegraph, 8 July 2009</ref>

In 1972, he married Felicity Mary Brayley and had a son and daughter.<ref name="burke">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 2231 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref> In September 2002, his son James died at age 28 of acute blood poisoning caused by drug and alcohol toxicity.<ref>{{cite news |title=MI5 chief's son died of blood poisoning |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mi5-chiefs-son-died-of-blood-poisoning-129337.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/mi5-chiefs-son-died-of-blood-poisoning-129337.html |archive-date=25 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |accessdate=18 May 2019 |work=The Independent |date=26 November 2002 |language=en}}</ref>


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*[[Policing in the United Kingdom]]
*[[Home Office]]

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Latest revision as of 08:51, 17 August 2023

Sir
Stephen Lander
KCB
Born1947 (age 76–77)
NationalityBritish
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
Occupation(s)Intelligence officer, Academic
AwardsKCB
Espionage activity
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service branchMI5
Service years1975–2002
RankDirector 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

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Lander attended Parkside School, then located in East Horsley, prior to its move to Cobham,[1][2] 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.[3] He was Director General of MI5 from 1996 to 2002.[4]

In April 2006, he was appointed chairman of Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).[5] He retired from that post in 2009.[6]

In 1972, he married Felicity Mary Brayley and had a son and daughter.[7] In September 2002, his son James died at age 28 of acute blood poisoning caused by drug and alcohol toxicity.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Parkside School: celebrating more than 130 years of providing first class education in Surrey". Great British Life. 23 May 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  2. ^ Davis, Michael (1979). Purple Passages: Parkside 1879–1979. Sidney Press.
  3. ^ The Security Service Archived 2005-10-18 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ The Defence of the Realm, by Christopher Andrew, Page 560, Published by Allen Lane, 2009, ISBN 978-0-7139-9885-6
  5. ^ "'British FBI' to have new powers". BBC. 11 January 2006.
  6. ^ MoD Civil Servant appointed Head of SOCA Daily Telegraph, 8 July 2009
  7. ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2231. ISBN 0-9711966-2-1.
  8. ^ "MI5 chief's son died of blood poisoning". The Independent. 26 November 2002. Archived from the original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
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