Stephen Alley

Captain Stephen Alley (14 February 1876 - 1969)[1] was a British mechancial engineer and Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) agent in pre-revolutionary Russia who may have had an involvement in the murder of Rasputin in 1916.

Stephen Alley
Born14 February 1876
House of Yusupov Palace, Moscow, Russia
Died1969
Ware, Hertfordshire
Known for
  • MI6 agent
  • Alleged involvement in the murder of Rasputin

Early life

Stephen Alley was born on 14 February 1876[2] in a House of Yusupov Palace, Moscow, Russia.[3] After being educated in Russia he attended King's College London where he studied English Literature, and later moved to Glasgow University where he took a degree in engineering.

He was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the Surrey Yeomanry on 18 October 1902.[4]

Career

After university he joined the family firm of Alley & McLellan Engineers in London. In 1910 he returned to Russia where he helped build the first heavy oil pipeline to the Black Sea. He became experienced in building rail transport.[5] 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.[6][7] Alley was alleged to be the author of a 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"[8]

Death

Alley died in 1969.[9]

References
  1. Stephen Alley. Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCN-NYDH
  3. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9DR-PSY
  4. "No. 27483". The London Gazette. 17 October 1902. p. 6570.
  5. Andrew Cook (15 February 2010). The Murder of the Romanovs. Amberley Publishing Limited. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-1-4456-0796-2.
  6. 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.
  7. Douglas Smith (3 November 2016). Rasputin: The Biography. Pan Macmillan. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-1-4472-4586-5.
  8. Who Murdered Rasputin?, BBC History Magazine, 3 November 2016.
  9. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVCN-NYDH
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