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Sir William Samuel Stephenson CC MC DFC (born William Samuel Clouston Stanger, 23 January 1897 – 31 January 1989) was a Canadian soldier, fighter pilot, businessman and spymaster who served as the senior representative of the British Security Coordination (BSC) for the Western Allies during World War II.
A view of part of the site of Camp X looking toward Lake Ontario. Camp X was established December 6, 1941, by the chief of British Security Co-ordination (BSC), Sir William Stephenson, a Canadian from Winnipeg, Manitoba and a close confidant of Winston Churchill and Franklin Delano Roosevelt. [7]
Stevenson (year unknown) Sir William Alfred Stevenson KBE CStJ (19 May 1901 – 29 November 1983) was a New Zealand industrialist, philanthropist and local-body politician. He was also active in rowing, both as a competitor and official, and was a noted big-game fisherman.
William Henry Stephenson (19 April 1877 – 20 April 1927) was an English marine engine stoker. [1] He is best known for having been a stoker on the exploration vessel Endurance , on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1916, led by Sir Ernest Shackleton .
New York City also had a branch office, formally titled "British Security Coordination," and headed by Canadian businessman Sir William Stephenson. Their office, located at Room 3603, 630 Fifth Avenue, Rockefeller Center, coordinated the work of SOE, SIS, and MI5 with the American FBI and the Office of Strategic Services.
The English industrialist, philanthropist and historical Lord Mayor of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Sir William Haswell Stephenson was born in Throckley [3] and lived in Throckley Hall [1] then known as Throckley House, prior to its expansion in 1850 and renaming to Throckley Hall, as it continues to this day. [4]
Sir William Haswell Stephenson (1836-1918) was an English industrialist, politician, philanthropist, and Lord Mayor of Newcastle upon Tyne. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Personal life
William Stephens (January 28, 1671 – 1753), of Bowcombe, near Newport, Isle of Wight, and later Beaulieu, Savannah, Georgia, was an English Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1702 to 1727. He emigrated to Georgia and was governor of the Province of Georgia between 1743 and 1751.