Dame Stella RimingtonDCB (born 13 May 1935) is a British author and former Director General of MI5, a position she held from 1992 to 1996. She was the first female DG of MI5, and the first DG whose name was publicised on appointment. In 1993, Rimington became the first DG of MI5 to pose openly for cameras at the launch of a brochure outlining the organisation's activities.[1][2]
^"First lady of espionage". BBC News Online (8 September). 8 September 2001. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
^"1993: Secret Service goes public" (BBC News Online: On This Day (16 July)). 16 July 1993. Retrieved 26 October 2008.
Dame StellaRimington DCB (born 13 May 1935) is a British author and former Director General of MI5, a position she held from 1992 to 1996. She was the...
about whether MI5 significantly influenced the 1984 Miners strike; StellaRimington gives the BBC Richard Dimbleby Lecture in June 1994; Seumas Milne,...
fragrance commercial. The acknowledgements section in At Risk (2004) by StellaRimington indicates that it was written with the help of Luke Jennings: "Huge...
M, James Bond's boss. The character was reportedly modeled on Dame StellaRimington, the real-life head of MI5 between 1992 and 1996; Dench became the...
1981–1985 Sir Antony Duff, 1985–1988 Sir Patrick Walker, 1988–1992 Dame StellaRimington, 1992–1996 Sir Stephen Lander, 1996–2002 Dame Eliza Manningham-Buller...
female M. The decision is widely believed to have been inspired by StellaRimington having become head of MI5 in 1992. The character of Alec Trevelyan...
O'Connell Barry Edward O'Meara David Omand Viscount Palmerston Dame StellaRimington Bertram Fletcher Robinson Sir John Richard Robinson Oliver Robinson...
to be occupied by the Security Service (MI5) in 1945; by 1969, when StellaRimington arrived, it was "dreadfully run down....the inside had not been painted...
Christopher Reich Kathy Reichs Matthew Reilly Ruth Rendell Osvaldo Reyes StellaRimington J.D. Robb Jeremy Robinson Kim Stanley Robinson Patrick Robinson James...
all-party Home Affairs Select Committee had their first meeting with StellaRimington, director general of MI5. Committee member John Greenway MP (Conservative)...
2011, The Sense of an Ending was awarded the Booker Prize. Head judge StellaRimington described the novel as "exquisitely written, subtly plotted and reveals...
Asset (2006), Illegal Action (2007), and Dead Line (2008), by Dame StellaRimington (Director General of MI5 from 1992 to 1996); and Matthew Dunn's Spycatcher...
Fell Sir James Ramsden Sir John Barrow Sol Roper Stan Laurel Dame StellaRimington Stephen Holgate Steve Dixon Stuart Lancaster Stuart Stockdale Taylor...
having been part of SIS or MI6. The former director-general of MI5, StellaRimington, announced in 2015 that she had unearthed documents in Belgian military...
Prize. The judges took 31 minutes to decide the winner and head judge, StellaRimington, said The Sense of an Ending was a "beautifully written book" and the...
Secret Asset is a novel by StellaRimington, released in 2006. The story, the second in the 'Liz Carlyle' series, is initially divided between two threads:...
P, UK hip-hop artist, member of Task Force and M.U.D. Family Dame StellaRimington, head of MI5, lived at 7 Canonbury Grove, in Alwyne Road and in Alwyne...
"Mrs StellaRimington and the Miners' Union". Early Day Motions UK Parliament. 20 July 1993. Retrieved 29 October 2023. "Conduct of StellaRimington, Head...
Mass-Observation project. Her memoirs were later adapted for television. StellaRimington, later head of MI5, moved out of London to Barrow at the age of four...
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