Cecil Street | |
|---|---|
 John Street posing in 1930 | |
| Birth name | Cecil John Charles Street |
| Born | 3 May 1884 Gibraltar |
| Died | 8 December 1964 (aged 80) Eastbourne, East Sussex |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Rank | Major |
| Commands | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| Battles/wars | World War I Irish War of Independence |
| Awards | MC OBE |
| Spouse(s) | Hyacinth Maud Kirwan Eileen Annette Waller |
| Other work | Crime fiction writer |
Cecil John Charles Street OBE MC (3 May 1884 – 8 December 1964), better known as John Street, was a major in the British Army and a crime fiction novelist.
He began his military career as an artillery officer and during World War I, he became a propagandist for MI7.[1] During the Irish War of Independence, he acted as an Information Officer for Dublin Castle alternating between Dublin and London and working closely with the British official Lionel Curtis.[2] He later earned his living as a prolific writer of detective novels written under several pseudonyms including John Rhode, Miles Burton and Cecil Waye.
- ^ "Director 'M.I.7(b)(1)' from April – November 1918" (PDF).
- ^ The Administration of Ireland, 1920 Reprint, 2001 by Athol Books. Introduction by Dr. Pat Walsh p5