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Sir '''Walter Fletcher''' (8 April 1892 &ndash; 6 April 1956) was a [[British people|British]] businessman and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|b|6|date=March 2012}}</ref><ref name="obit" />
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Sir '''Walter Fletcher''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBE|MP}} (8 April 1892 – 6 April 1956) was a [[British people|British]] businessman, World War I veteran, [[Special Operations Executive]]'s secret agent and smuggler, [[fine art]] artist and [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative Party]] politician.<ref name="rayment">{{Rayment-hc|b|6|date=March 2012}}</ref><ref name="obit" />

== Life and military career ==


=== Early life ===
Born '''Walter Fleischl von Marxow''', he was the second son of Paul Fleischl von Marxow and his wife Cecile (née Levis)<ref>{{cite web|title=Death Notice: Ernst Fleischl-Marxow, 1891|url=http://www.hugogold.com/obits_NFP/1891_von-Fleischl-Marxow_ida-Marx_Mina-Schwarzenbach_Cecile-Levis.png|publisher=Neue Freie Presse|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref>
Born '''Walter Fleischl von Marxow''', he was the second son of Paul Fleischl von Marxow and his wife Cecile (née Levis)<ref>{{cite web|title=Death Notice: Ernst Fleischl-Marxow, 1891|url=http://www.hugogold.com/obits_NFP/1891_von-Fleischl-Marxow_ida-Marx_Mina-Schwarzenbach_Cecile-Levis.png|publisher=Neue Freie Presse|accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref>
of Shagbrooke, [[Reigate]], [[Surrey]].<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Sir Walter Fletcher Former M.P. For Bury|date=7 April 1956|work=[[The Times]]|page=11}}</ref><ref name="charter">{{cite book|title=Charterhouse Register, 1872-1910|url=https://archive.org/stream/charterhouseregi02charuoft#page/770/mode/2up|volume=2|year=1911|publisher=Charterhouse School|page=771}}</ref> His father was an Austrian-born woolbroker, brother of [[Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow]], who became a naturalised British citizen in 1887.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=1 February 1887|page=535|issue=25669}}</ref>
of Shagbrooke, [[Reigate]], [[Surrey]].<ref name="obit">{{cite news|title=Obituary: Sir Walter Fletcher Former M.P. For Bury|date=7 April 1956|work=[[The Times]]|page=11}}</ref><ref name="charter">{{cite book|title=Charterhouse Register, 1872-1910|url=https://archive.org/stream/charterhouseregi02charuoft#page/770/mode/2up|volume=2|year=1911|publisher=Charterhouse School|page=771}}</ref> His father was an Austrian-born woolbroker, brother of [[Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow]], who became a naturalised British citizen in 1887.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=1 February 1887|page=535|issue=25669}}</ref>


Following education at [[Charterhouse School]] and the [[University of Lausanne]], he began training as a manager in the rubber industry.<ref name="obit" /> With the outbreak of [[World War I]] in 1914 he entered the [[British Army]], obtaining a commission in the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps|Army Ordnance Department]]. He served in East Africa, and by the end of the war in 1918 had reached the rank of major.<ref name="obit" />
Following education at [[Charterhouse School]] and the [[University of Lausanne]], he began training as a manager in the rubber industry.<ref name="obit" />


=== World War I ===
In September 1919 he changed his name by [[deed poll]] to '''Walter Fletcher'''.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=10 October 1919|page=12603|issue=31593}}</ref> He returned to Africa where he managed a large number of rubber plantations. He returned to England where he subsequently became chairman and managing director of Hecht, Levis and Kahn, a major rubber and commodities company. He held the position for thirty years.<ref name="obit" /> In 1928 he married Esme Boyd.<ref name="obit" />
With the outbreak of [[World War I]] in 1914 he entered the [[British Army]], obtaining a commission in the [[Royal Army Ordnance Corps|Army Ordnance Department]]. He served in East Africa, and by the end of the war in 1918 had reached the rank of major.<ref name="obit" />


=== Post-WWI ===
Politically, Fletcher was a Conservative, and he was selected as the party's prospective parliamentary candidate for the [[Birkenhead East (UK Parliament constituency)|Birkenhead East]] seat in 1930. However, with the formation of a [[National Government (United Kingdom)|National Government]] prior to the [[United Kingdom general election, 1931|1931 general election]] he stood aside to allow [[Henry Graham White]], a [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|Liberal]] member of the government to hold the seat.<ref name="obit" />
In September 1919 he changed his name by [[deed poll]] to '''Walter Fletcher'''.<ref>{{London Gazette|date=10 October 1919|page=12603|issue=31593}}</ref> He returned to Africa, where he managed a large number of rubber plantations. He returned to England, where he subsequently became chairman and managing director of Hecht, Levis and Kahn, a major rubber and commodities company. He held the position for thirty years.<ref name="obit" /> In 1928 he married Esme Boyd.<ref name="obit" />


=== World War II ===
During [[World War II]] Fletcher worked for the [[Special Operations Executive]], running an operation called ''Operation Remorse''. Originally it was hoped Fletcher could use his contacts to smuggle rubber out of Japanese-occupied [[Malay Peninsula|Malaya]] and Indo-China through the Chinese black market. The operation was diversified to include the smuggling of foreign currency, diamonds and machinery to fund the SOE's activities.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aldrich|first=Richard James|title=Intelligence and the war against Japan: Britain, America and the politics of secret service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D86lnjjU7PIC&lpg=PA286&ots=IwCNmZCs7I&dq=walter%20fletcher%20soe&pg=PA287#v=onepage&q=walter%20fletcher%20soe&f=false|year=2000|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=978-0-521-64186-9|page=287}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wylie|first=Neville|title=The politics and strategy of clandestine war: Special Operation Executive, 1940-1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySDmKGY6JiYC&lpg=PA193&ots=WmwhQjAbQz&dq=walter%20fletcher%20soe&pg=PA193#v=onepage&q=fletcher&f=false|year=2007|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-39110-8|page=193}}</ref> In 1947 he was made [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] for his war service.<ref name="obit" />
In late 1940, Fletcher approached the [[Special Operations Executive]] and offers them his speciality, he eventually assigned to the [[Force 136]] and running an operation called ''Operation Remorse''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Tales from the Special Operations Executive: Operation Remorse|url=https://blog.nationalarchives.gov.uk/tales-special-operations-executive-operation-remorse/|last=Jonathan Cole|date=2014-05-29|website=[[The National Archives (United Kingdom)|The National Archives]]|language=en-GB|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-20}}</ref> Originally it was hoped Fletcher could use his contacts to smuggle rubber out of Japanese-occupied [[Malay Peninsula|Malaya]] and Indo-China through the Chinese black market. The operation was diversified to include the smuggling of foreign currency, diamonds and machinery to fund the SOE's activities.<ref>{{cite book|last=Aldrich|first=Richard James|title=Intelligence and the war against Japan: Britain, America and the politics of secret service|url=https://archive.org/details/intelligencewara00rich|url-access=registration|quote=walter fletcher soe.|year=2000|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=978-0-521-64186-9|page=[https://archive.org/details/intelligencewara00rich/page/287 287]}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Wylie|first=Neville|title=The politics and strategy of clandestine war: Special Operation Executive, 1940-1946|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySDmKGY6JiYC&q=fletcher&pg=PA193|year=2007|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-0-415-39110-8|page=193}}</ref>


[[Colin Hercules Mackenzie|Colin Mackenzie]], the head of [[Force 136]] (SOE in the Far East), said of Fletcher, “He did it very well… even in the early days I had £20,000 of diamonds across my desk in one go. One estimate is that the net profit was worth £77 million.”<ref>Roderick Bailey, ''Forgotten Voices of the Secret War'' (Ebury Press, 2008), at page 278</ref> Mackenzie also commented:
He was elected at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1945|1945 general election]] as [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bury (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury]] in [[Lancashire]].<ref name="obit" /><ref name="craig1918-1949">{{cite book
<blockquote>Walter was gloriously fat. It was rumoured that he won the hundred yards at Charterhouse when he was nineteen stone. I didn’t believe it, but when I saw him running for a bus when he was still nineteen stone I began to believe it might be true.</blockquote>

In 1947 Fletcher was made [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] for his war service.<ref name="obit" />

== Political career ==
Politically, Fletcher was a Conservative, and he was selected as the party's prospective parliamentary candidate for the [[Birkenhead East (UK Parliament constituency)|Birkenhead East]] seat in 1930. However, with the formation of a [[National Government (United Kingdom)|National Government]] prior to the [[1931 United Kingdom general election|1931 general election]] he stood aside to allow [[Henry Graham White]], a [[National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)|Liberal]] member of the government to hold the seat.<ref name="obit" />

He was elected at the [[1945 United Kingdom general election|1945 general election]] as [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Bury (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury]] in [[Lancashire]].<ref name="obit" /><ref name="craig1918-1949">{{cite book
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}}</ref> When that constituency was abolished for the [[United Kingdom general election, 1950|1950 election]], he was returned for the new [[Bury and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury and Radcliffe]] constituency,<ref name="rayment" /> and held the seat until he retired from the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[United Kingdom general election, 1955|1955 general election]].<ref name="obit" /> In 1953 he was [[knight bachelor|knighted]].<ref name="obit" />
}}</ref> When that constituency was abolished for the [[1950 United Kingdom general election|1950 election]], he was returned for the new [[Bury and Radcliffe (UK Parliament constituency)|Bury and Radcliffe]] constituency,<ref name="rayment" /> and held the seat until he retired from the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]] at the [[1955 United Kingdom general election|1955 general election]].<ref name="obit" /> In 1953 he was [[knight bachelor|knighted]].<ref name="obit" />


== Other works ==
In addition to his business and political interests, Fletcher had extensive farms in [[Hertfordshire]].<ref name="obit" /> He was also an accomplished painter, exhibiting at the [[Royal Academy]] and in Bond Street galleries.<ref name="obit" />
In addition to his business and political interests, Fletcher had extensive farms in [[Hertfordshire]].<ref name="obit" /> He was also an accomplished painter, exhibiting at the [[Royal Academy]] and in Bond Street galleries.<ref name="obit" />


== Death ==
Fletcher died at his London home in April 1956 aged 63.<ref name="obit" /> He was buried in [[Sacombe]], near [[Ware, Hertfordshire]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Funeral: Sir Walter Fletcher|date=11 April 1956|work=[[The Times]]|page=12}}</ref>
Fletcher died at his London home in April 1956 aged 63.<ref name="obit" /> He was buried in [[Sacombe]], near [[Ware, Hertfordshire]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Funeral: Sir Walter Fletcher|date=11 April 1956|work=[[The Times]]|page=12}}</ref>

== Honours ==

* {{Flag|UK}}: [[Mentioned in dispatches]] (World War I)<ref name=":0" />
* {{Flag|UK}}: [[Order of the British Empire|Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] (OBE) (World War I)<ref name=":0" />
* {{Flag|UK}}: [[Order of the British Empire|Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) (1947)<ref name="obit" />
* {{Flag|UK}}: [[Knight Bachelor]] (1953)<ref name="obit" />


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Sir
Walter Fletcher
CBE MP
Member of Parliament
for Bury
In office
6 July 1945 – 23 February 1950
Majority110
Member of Parliament
for Bury and Radcliffe
In office
24 February 1950 – 26 May 1955
Majority1,891
Personal details
Born
Walter Fleischl von Marxow

(1892-04-08)8 April 1892
Shagbrooke, Reigate, Surrey, England
Died6 April 1956(1956-04-06) (aged 63)
London, England
Resting placeSacombe, near Ware, Hertfordshire
Political partyConservative
SpouseEsme Boyd (married 1928)
Parents
  • Paul Fleischl von Marxow (father)
  • Cecile Fleischl von Marxow (née Levis) (mother)
RelativesErnst von Fleischl-Marxow (uncle)
ResidenceLondon
Alma mater
Occupation
NicknameDr Dynamo[1]
Military service
Allegiance United Kingdom, allied forces
Branch/service British Army,
Special Operations Executive
Years of service1914-1918; 1940-1945
RankMajor
Unit
Battles/warsWorld War I

World War II

AwardsCommander of the Order of the British Empire

Sir Walter Fletcher CBE MP (8 April 1892 – 6 April 1956) was a British businessman, World War I veteran, Special Operations Executive's secret agent and smuggler, fine art artist and Conservative Party politician.[2][3]

Life and military career

[edit]

Early life

[edit]

Born Walter Fleischl von Marxow, he was the second son of Paul Fleischl von Marxow and his wife Cecile (née Levis)[4] of Shagbrooke, Reigate, Surrey.[3][5] His father was an Austrian-born woolbroker, brother of Ernst von Fleischl-Marxow, who became a naturalised British citizen in 1887.[6]

Following education at Charterhouse School and the University of Lausanne, he began training as a manager in the rubber industry.[3]

World War I

[edit]

With the outbreak of World War I in 1914 he entered the British Army, obtaining a commission in the Army Ordnance Department. He served in East Africa, and by the end of the war in 1918 had reached the rank of major.[3]

Post-WWI

[edit]

In September 1919 he changed his name by deed poll to Walter Fletcher.[7] He returned to Africa, where he managed a large number of rubber plantations. He returned to England, where he subsequently became chairman and managing director of Hecht, Levis and Kahn, a major rubber and commodities company. He held the position for thirty years.[3] In 1928 he married Esme Boyd.[3]

World War II

[edit]

In late 1940, Fletcher approached the Special Operations Executive and offers them his speciality, he eventually assigned to the Force 136 and running an operation called Operation Remorse.[1] Originally it was hoped Fletcher could use his contacts to smuggle rubber out of Japanese-occupied Malaya and Indo-China through the Chinese black market. The operation was diversified to include the smuggling of foreign currency, diamonds and machinery to fund the SOE's activities.[8][9]

Colin Mackenzie, the head of Force 136 (SOE in the Far East), said of Fletcher, “He did it very well… even in the early days I had £20,000 of diamonds across my desk in one go. One estimate is that the net profit was worth £77 million.”[10] Mackenzie also commented:

Walter was gloriously fat. It was rumoured that he won the hundred yards at Charterhouse when he was nineteen stone. I didn’t believe it, but when I saw him running for a bus when he was still nineteen stone I began to believe it might be true.

In 1947 Fletcher was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his war service.[3]

Political career

[edit]

Politically, Fletcher was a Conservative, and he was selected as the party's prospective parliamentary candidate for the Birkenhead East seat in 1930. However, with the formation of a National Government prior to the 1931 general election he stood aside to allow Henry Graham White, a Liberal member of the government to hold the seat.[3]

He was elected at the 1945 general election as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bury in Lancashire.[3][11] When that constituency was abolished for the 1950 election, he was returned for the new Bury and Radcliffe constituency,[2] and held the seat until he retired from the House of Commons at the 1955 general election.[3] In 1953 he was knighted.[3]

Other works

[edit]

In addition to his business and political interests, Fletcher had extensive farms in Hertfordshire.[3] He was also an accomplished painter, exhibiting at the Royal Academy and in Bond Street galleries.[3]

Death

[edit]

Fletcher died at his London home in April 1956 aged 63.[3] He was buried in Sacombe, near Ware, Hertfordshire.[12]

Honours

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b c d Jonathan Cole (29 May 2014). "Tales from the Special Operations Executive: Operation Remorse". The National Archives. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 6)
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Obituary: Sir Walter Fletcher Former M.P. For Bury". The Times. 7 April 1956. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Death Notice: Ernst Fleischl-Marxow, 1891". Neue Freie Presse. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  5. ^ Charterhouse Register, 1872-1910. Vol. 2. Charterhouse School. 1911. p. 771.
  6. ^ "No. 25669". The London Gazette. 1 February 1887. p. 535.
  7. ^ "No. 31593". The London Gazette. 10 October 1919. p. 12603.
  8. ^ Aldrich, Richard James (2000). Intelligence and the war against Japan: Britain, America and the politics of secret service. Cambridge University Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-521-64186-9. walter fletcher soe.
  9. ^ Wylie, Neville (2007). The politics and strategy of clandestine war: Special Operation Executive, 1940-1946. Taylor & Francis. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-415-39110-8.
  10. ^ Roderick Bailey, Forgotten Voices of the Secret War (Ebury Press, 2008), at page 278
  11. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 112. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
  12. ^ "Funeral: Sir Walter Fletcher". The Times. 11 April 1956. p. 12.
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