Major Chetwynd John Drake "Jock" Haswell (18 July 1919 – 21 January 2018[1]), who also wrote as George Foster,[2] was a British military and intelligence author and former British intelligence officer.[3] He was "Author for Service Intelligence" 1966–1984.[4]

Early life

Haswell was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Little Appley Preparatory School and Winchester College.[5]

Career

Haswell was trained at Sandhurst c. 1938/9 - 1941.[6] He joined the Queen's Royal Regiment[6] on 3 April 1941.[7] Later in 1941 he was stationed in India, and saw local action.[8] He was promoted Major on 3 July 1952,[9] and retired from the army on 29 April 1960.[10]

Haswell's later work was mostly writing, continuing a thread from his military and intelligence work. He self-deprecatingly described his books as "holes held together with string". Nonetheless, his James II, for example, was reviewed in the Times of 29 July 1972 by Geoffrey Homes.[11]

He died on 21 January 2018 at the age of 98.[12]

Bibliography

Books

Articles

References

  1. ^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 63.
  2. ^ "Trove".
  3. ^ Books and Bookmen. Hansom Books. 1976.
  4. ^ International Who's Who of Authors and Writers 2004. 2003. p. 238. ISBN 1857431790.
  5. ^ The Author's & Writer's Who's who. Burke's Peerage. 1971. p. 366.
  6. ^ a b Michael Lowry (19 January 2009). Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India and Burma. Casemate Publishers. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-84415-802-7.
  7. ^ "No. 35077". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 July 1952. p. 955.
  8. ^ Michael Lowry (19 January 2009). Fighting Through to Kohima: A Memoir of War in India and Burma. Casemate Publishers. p. 45. ISBN 978-1-84415-802-7.
  9. ^ "No. 39600". The London Gazette (Supplement). 18 July 1952. p. 3867.
  10. ^ "No. 42020". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 April 1960. p. 3024.
  11. ^ Clyve Jones (1987). A Biography of the Works Published by Geoffrey Holmes. A&C Black. pp. xvi. ISBN 978-0-907628-89-7. ((cite book)): |work= ignored (help)
  12. ^ Jock Haswell
  13. ^ R. T. Foster (11 March 1973). "King Who Lost the Battle of the Boyne". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 118.
  14. ^ "Book Reviews, Sites, Romance, Fantasy, Fiction".
  15. ^ Book Review, Boulton, William N., The Hartford Courant, Feb 26, 1978.
  16. ^ Spies & Spymasters: A Concise History of Intelligence (book review,) Chicago Tribune, Oct 16, 1977
  17. ^ Rings in the Tree of Espionage (book review,)Kirsch, Robert, Los Angeles Times, Oct 14, 1977.


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