Stephen Alley

Stephen Alley
Born House of Yusupov Palace, Moscow, Russia
Known for
  • MI6 agent
  • Alleged involvement in the murder of Rasputin

Captain Stephen Alley was an engineer and MI6 (SIS) agent born in a House of Yusupov Palace, Moscow, Russia. He was educated in both Russia and England and became experienced in building rail transport.[1] He is noted by many authors and documentaries for alleged involvement in the murder of Grigori Rasputin whilst working for the British Military Control Office in Saint Petersburg.[2][3] Alley was alleged to be the author of a notorious letter to John Scale on 25 December 1916 that, if authentic, is claimed by BBC History to be "the best proof of British involvement in Rasputin's murder"[4]

References

  1. ↑ Andrew Cook (15 February 2010). The Murder of the Romanovs. Amberley Publishing Limited. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-1-4456-0796-2.
  2. ↑ Nils Ole Oermann (1999). Mission, Church and State Relations in South West Africa Under German Rule (1884-1915). Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 235–. ISBN 978-3-515-07578-7.
  3. ↑ Douglas Smith (3 November 2016). Rasputin: The Biography. Pan Macmillan. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-1-4472-4586-5.
  4. ↑ Who Murdered Rasputin?, BBC History Magazine, 3 November 2016.
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