About John Slade-Baker
Lived 1896 – 1966 (aged 69–70). John Slade-Baker was a journalist.
John Bigelow Slade-Baker (1896–1966) was an English soldier, journalist and spy.
Life John Slade-Baker was born on 29 July 1896, the son of Brig. Gen. Arthur Slade-Baker, CMG, and Caroline Fisher Heape, of Robertsbridge. He was educated at Marlborough College before going on to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He rose to the rank of Colonel in the army, retiring in 1947.
From 1952 to 1960 he was Middle East correspondent for The Sunday Times.
The Israeli politician Moshe Sharett was unimpressed upon meeting Slade-Baker in 1955:
Slade-Baker died in London on 19 April 1966. His diaries and papers relating to the Middle East are held at the Middle East Centre Archive, St Antony's College, Oxford.
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English soldier, journalist and spy
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