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Foreign Office for questioning. The questions directed to him were intended to assess his loyalty to the British Government, his attachments to the Japanese, and the amount of information that he had passed to the Japanese. During the interrogation, the MI5 investigating
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code breakers. The decrypted messages were transcripts of the conference notes. When passed to an alarmed
Churchill, he called them "pretty accurate stuff". Three months later, more notes from Churchill's personal agenda and inner circle were intercepted as they were being sent by the Japanese
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On a trip to Brough, Sempill had openly talked about the Iris flying boat with the foreign air officials on the train trip from London. This was witnessed by a
British Air Ministry civil servant, who reported the incident. Upon being confronted with this information, Sempill admitted to the
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Tokyo headquarters indicating payments were being made to
Sempill: "In light of the use made of Lord Sempill by our military and naval attaches in London, these payments should continue". On further investigation, MI5 suspected that Sempill was passing on top secret information about
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Sempill made an official protest, Churchill backtracked. The Prime Minister told the Admiralty: "I had not contemplated Lord Sempill being required to resign his commission, but only to be employed elsewhere in the Admiralty." A subsequent note from Churchill's aide
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states that "on the evidence of these files", Sempill's activities on behalf of the militaristic
Japanese and Fascist contacts were less from any desire to help the enemy but more motivated by his own impetuous character, obstinacy, and flawed judgement.
900:, dated 17 October 1941, outlined the new position: "The First Sea Lord ... proposes to offer him a post in the North of Scotland. I have suggested to Lord Swinton that MI5 should be informed in due course so they may take any precautions necessary."
907:, Sempill's office was raided. A search revealed secret documents that he should have handed back to the Admiralty over three weeks earlier. Two days later, Sempill was discovered making phone calls to the Japanese Embassy. Despite the evidence of
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Canteen Service. Six years after his wife's death from tuberculosis in 1935, Sempill remarried in 1941 to Cecilia Dunbar-Kilburn, a sculptress. They had three daughters, Kirstine Elizabeth, Janet Cecilia and Brigid Gabriel who married
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In correspondence of the early 1940s, between
Churchill's office, the Attorney General and the Director of Public Prosecutions, it is observed that Sempill had debts and an overdraft in excess of £13,000 (equivalent to £750,000 in 2012).
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in 1998 and 2002 that
Sempill's activities as a spy during the war and in the 1920s respectively became common knowledge. Sempill's motives and activities, as well as accusations of spying, are still a subject of academic debate.
430:. In August 1915, he was appointed to instructional duties. Sempill's time at the Central Flying School was not to last, as he relinquished his Army commission at the end of the year on being accepted for temporary service in the
1014:, who had been registered at birth and raised as female, but lived as a man, and had his birth re-registered as male. This inheritance was challenged on grounds of sex by a cousin, John Forbes-Sempill, but upheld in the courts.
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on 15 August 1914, which was confirmed less than four months later. In the meantime
Sempill was appointed to flying duties. The following year, in February, Sempill took up a position as an "experimental officer" at the
434:. Sempill's rapid rise through the ranks continued in the Navy, and at the close of 1916 he was promoted to squadron commander. On 1 April 1918, with the amalgamation of both flying services into the
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847:'s London office, and several others on suspicion of espionage, and took them to Brixton prison. On discovering that Makihara was in custody, Sempill telephoned and then called at
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939:, was born in 1920. Their second daughter, June Mary, was born in 1922, and was killed aged 18 as a result of enemy action on 11 May 1941 – the last day of the
671:, decided it was not in the interests of the British government to prosecute Sempill for violating the Official Secrets Act. Firstly, Sempill's father was then
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Sempill had "an affinity with militarist right-wing regimes". During the 1930s, he developed extreme right-wing political opinions, and was active in several
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to discuss the military threat posed by the Japanese. Soon after, communications between the Japanese embassy in London and Tokyo were deciphered by the
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in 1921, Sempill should have ended close military contact and discussions regarding naval aviation technology and tactics. However, on his return to the
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to assure the police of Makihara's innocence and character. He was released a few days later, on Monday 5 August, due to "insufficient evidence".
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officer could not reveal that the British had broken Japanese codes, and were monitoring the Japanese communications systems.
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flying boats. Sempill was well respected within Japanese circles, and received a personal letter from Prime Minister
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1994:"Sir John Lavery, R.H.A., R.A., R.S.A. (1856-1941) Eileen in Green (Portrait of Eileen Lavery, later Lady Sempill)"
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and the Japanese Ambassador to Britain. He arranged and hosted a widely publicised visit of the German airship
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had kept Sempill's communications with the Japanese intelligence officer/Naval attaché in London, Captain
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Sempill was also probably passing on detailed information about the British government. In August 1941,
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in 11 hours. He flew back a day or so later in 9 hours though he interrupted the flight with a stop at
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to Hanworth on 18 August 1931. On 2 July 1932, the airship returned as part of a round-Britain tour.
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in April. Less than four months later he was appointed a flight commander with the temporary rank of
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Mckillop, James (3 January 2002). "Air pioneer revealed as traitor who sold secrets to Japanese".
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that Britain could not be seen to endorse Sempill's appointment because of his past activities.
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in 1941, after being discovered passing on secret material to Tokyo shortly before Japan
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that showcased the latest British aircraft. In subsequent years, he continued to aid the
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that only two men could be the source of such leaks: Commander McGrath or Lord Sempill.
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Embassy in London to the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo. Privately, Churchill concluded with
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and was allowed to continue in public life. He was eventually forced to retire from the
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He died in Edinburgh on 30 December 1965. His daughter,
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declared war on the United States and the British Empire
1603:. Flight (flightglobal.com). 9 April 1936. p. 375.
1525:. Flight (flightglobal.com). 4 April 1918. p. 379.
1491:. Flight (flightglobal.com). 6 January 1966. p. 3.
1783:. Flight (flightglobal.com). 25 July 1935. p. 96.
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In November 1913, Sempill offered his services to the
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On 4 September 1930, he set a new record by flying a
2117:"Canada at War: Nova Scotia: The Baron Wants to Buy"
1889:(in Japanese). 大阪朝日新聞. 4 August 1940. Archived from
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2065:"Cecilia Alice Dunbar-Kilburn Forbes-Sempill | CAS"
699:Six years after admitting he had breached the UK's
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500:In early 1931, Sempill was appointed chairman of
265:William Francis Forbes-Sempill, 19th Lord Sempill
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1913:"Japanese Detained Under Defence Laws in London"
557:(1922–1923), thanking him for his work with the
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1183:"R.Ae. Society Inaugural Lecture, 66th Session"
561:, which he described as "almost epoch-making."
458:. On the cessation of hostilities, he became a
413:, being granted a probationary commission as a
280:, (24 September 1893 – 30 December 1965) was a
2163:"British aviation pioneer was a spy for Japan"
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1287:"The Icy South: Stackhouse Expedition's plans"
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2419:The Fall of Singapore: The Great Betrayal
2394:Triplex: secrets from the Cambridge spies
2249:. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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2448:Professional and academic associations
2374:. Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books.
2267:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
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2227:. London: Macmillan. 1903. p. 738.
2224:Debrett's peerage & baronetage 1903
2147:dated 1 October 1991, reprinted in the
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1939:"Japanese roundup by British protested"
820:aircraft. The matter was passed to the
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2014:. Commonwealth War Graves Commission
2008:"Forbes-Sempill, The Hon. June Mary"
1730:Will Hollingworth (5 January 2002).
1293:. 4 May 1914. p. 3 – via
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1965:"England releases one arrested Jap"
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2355:. Tokyo: Kodansha International.
2053:. Simon and Schuster. p. 57.
1565:. 18 October 1918. p. 12257.
1437:. 3 September 1915. p. 8730.
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1732:"British lord was spy for Japan"
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1969:Kannapolis Daily Independent
1397:. 14 May 1915. p. 4659.
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564:With the termination of the
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2456:Sir William Sefton Brancker
2141:Obituary of Ewan Forbes in
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993:British Gliding Association
987:government awarded him the
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502:National Flying Services
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450:. Sempill stayed at the
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2645:Order of the Polar Star
2575:Bards of Gorsedh Kernow
2392:; Tsarev, Oleg (2009).
2351:Saga, Jun'ichi (1990).
2332:Polmar, Norman (2008).
1826:. The National Archives
1601:"An Ultra-Light Record"
1062:Order of the Polar Star
1056:Order of the Rising Sun
989:Order of the Polar Star
772:Anglo-German Fellowship
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251:Order of the Rising Sun
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