Hillgarth, Alan, 1899-1978

LC control no.	n 95086847
LC classification	PR6015.I515
Personal name heading	Hillgarth, Alan, 1899-1978 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Evans, George Hugh Jocelyn, 1899-1978 Evans, Hugh, 1899-1978
Found in	El cònsol Alan Hillgarth i les Illes Balears, 1995: p. 10 (Alan Hugh Hillgarth; b. June 7, 1899 in London) p. 14 (d. Feb. 28, 1978) LC database, 08/31/95: (hdg.: Hillgarth, Alan, 1898-) Man of war, 2012: t.p. (Captain Alan Hillgarth) p. vii, etc. (christened George Hugh Jocelyn Evans, and as a boy was called Hugh; later changed his name to Alan Hugh Hillgarth; b. June 7, 1899; fought in World War I; after the war, became an author of thrillers and a gold-hunter in South America; British Consul in Majorca during the Spanish Civil War; during World War II, he was Britain's most important intelligence officer in Spain and one of the key players in Operation Mincemeat; later became Chief of Intelligence for the Eastern Fleet, in Ceylon; after the war he retired to Ireland but remained a valued adviser and confidant to Churchill; d. Feb. 28, 1978)