Richard Tomlinson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Tomlinson
Occupation	British Archaeologist
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1963(1963-01-13)
Age	61
Birthplace	Hamilton
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Waikato
Horoscope	Capricorn

Richard Tomlinson Biography

Richard Tomlinson is one of the most popular and richest British archaeologist who was born on January 13, 1963 in Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand. Richard John Charles Tomlinson was born 13 January 1963. He is an ex-officer of the British Secret Intelligence Service. He claimed that he was unfairly dismissed by MI6 in 1995 and tried to sue his former employer. MI6 rejected his request, claiming that it would be a breach of state security.

Tomlinson was unhappy with his job and joined the Territorial Army in Sept

1989. He served as a reservist in SAS in Artists Rifles and then 23 SAS. This allowed him to qualify as a military parachutist as well as a radio operator. In the 1990 Camel Trophy, he represented Britain and travelled solo across the Sahara desert on a motorcycle. After enjoying the experience, he applied to join MI6 and was officially enlisted in the Service on September 23, 1991. He was a successful recruit for MI6. His instructing officers, including Nicholas Langman, awarded him the rare “Box 1” attribute.

From 1994 to 1995, Tomlinson worked in the operational counter-proliferation department. His first posting in this capacity was to work as an undercover agent against Iran, where he succeeded in penetrating the Iranian Intelligence Service. He posed as a British businessman, and infiltrated a network of arms dealers that included Nahum Manbar. The British government supplied the Iranians with materials for chemical weapons in order to gain intelligence on Iran’s military programme. Tomlinson’s description of his Iranian activities are generally considered to be true, due to his personal involvement and knowledge of details that only an insider would know.

MI6 dismissed him on 22 May 1995 as he came to the end of his extended probationary period. Tomlinson’s probationary period had been extended over the standard six-month duration due to his senior line manager’s doubts about his personality. Tomlinson claimed that he had become suicidally depressed following the death of his long-term girlfriend from cancer and that he had been suffering from post-traumatic stress after witnessing violence against a civilian during the Siege of Sarajevo, and that MI6 had been ill-equipped to handle his condition. MI6 argued that he was dismissed for “not being a team player, lacking motivation and having a short-term interest in the service”, but later conceded that he had experienced a “personality clash” with his senior line manager. Another reason given for his dismissal was for “going on frolics on his own”. Tomlinson claims that no formal reason for his dismissal was ever given, and that he was mid-assignment when he suddenly found himself barred from entering MI6 headquarters. Friends suggested that he was sacked after he complained about MI6’s “unethical” tactics. Tomlinson argued that his supervisors had unfairly disregarded his personal circumstances. Tomlinson disputed the reasons for and legality of his dismissal and attempted to take MI6 before an employment tribunal. However, MI6 obtained a public-interest immunity certificate from the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind. Having no further legal recourse to appeal against his dismissal, Tomlinson left the United Kingdom, and pursued his arguments against MI6 by publishing articles in the international press protesting his treatment, whilst working on a book detailing his career in the Service.

Tomlinson was sentenced to imprisonment under the Official Secrets Act 1989,

1997. He had given a synopsis for a book he wanted that would detail his MI6 career to an Australian publisher. After serving six months of a 12-month sentence, he was released on parole and left the country. The Big Breach was published in Moscow (and later in Edinburgh) in 2001. It was then serialized by The Sunday Times. The book described various aspects of MI6 operations. It claimed that MI6 employed a mole at the German Bundesbank and had a “licence for kill”, which was later confirmed by the head MI6 at an open hearing.

Richard Tomlinson Net Worth

Richard Tomlinson is one of the richest British Archaeologist from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Tomlinson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Richard John Charles Tomlinson was a New Zealander who was born in Hamilton and raised in Ngaruawahia. He was the middle child of three brothers. His father was a Lancashire farmer and he worked at the Ministry of Agriculture. He met his wife while studying agriculture at Newcastle University. In 1968, the family moved to Cumbria. Tomlinson was just 13 years old when he won a scholarship to Barnard Castle School, County Durham. He was a close friend of Rory Underwood, and Rob Andrew who later became England rugby internationals. He was a master of mathematics and physics and received a scholarship to Gonville College and Caius College in Cambridge in 1981.

Andrew Roberts, a historian, recalls Tomlinson being a bright, charming student who was popular among the boys for his drinking skills and athletic prowess and the girls for his dark looks. Gideon Rachman was one of his friends and wrote him a reference after he refused to give it. Tomlinson was able to fly with the Cambridge University Air Squadron, and won a Half Blue in Modern Pentathlon. In 1984, Tomlinson graduated from Cambridge University with a First Class honours degree (starred First Class) in aeronautical engineering. He was then approached by MI6 who declined his offer. After his graduation, he took the examinations to become a Fleet Air Arm Officer in the Royal Navy. However, he failed to pass the medical exam because of childhood asthma. He applied for and received a Kennedy Scholarship which allowed him to complete his studies in technology policy at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was then awarded a Rotary Foundation prize, which allowed him to spend a year in any country of his choosing. He enrolled at the University of Buenos Aires to study political science, and he learned Spanish fluently. He pursued his aeronautical pursuits and became a Fuerza Aerea Argentina glider pilot. In 1988-9, Tomlinson was a manager at Booz Allen Hamilton in Mayfair, London.

Tomlinson worked in the “SOV/OPS” department, operating during the ending phases of the Cold War against the Soviet Union. He was posted to a diplomatic role in Moscow, and was one of the agents responsible for the retrieval of the valuable Mitrokhin Archive in 1992. From March 1992 until September 1993, he worked in the Eastern European Controllerate of MI6 under the staff designation of UKA/7. Whilst working there, it was discovered that the Conservative Party had been receiving donations from Serbian supporters. In November 1993, he joined the Balkans Controllerate, and was posted to Sarajevo for six months as the MI6 representative in Bosnia during the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. There he was a “targeting officer”, with a mission to identify potential informants and gather intelligence. A soldier who escorted Tomlinson to Bosnia described him as a “liability”, a “sulk” and “totally unprofessional”, although Tomlinson has disputed this.

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In August 1998, after serving six months in prison and four months on probation, Tomlinson left the UK to live in exile. He set about completing The Big Breach, which was published in 2001 in Russia. The book alleged that MI6 had infiltrated the German Bundesbank with a mole, and that the Service had a special means of writing in invisible ink. Other revelations were already public knowledge, such as that MI6 recruits are trained at Fort Monckton in Hampshire, and that agents in the field often use the cover of being a journalist.

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In May 1999, a list of 116 alleged MI6 agents was sent to the LaRouche movement’s publication Executive Intelligence Review, a weekly magazine which published it online. Its names included Andrew Fulton, who had recently retired, Christopher Steele, David Spedding and Richard Dearlove. MI6 biographer Stephen Dorril explained that most of the names were “light-cover” sources who worked out of embassies or missions posing as diplomats. Dorril argued, “it is well known that rival intelligence networks know who these people are and accept them.” MI6 claimed that Tomlinson had originated the list, which was something he had previously threatened to do, although he denied responsibility for it, and MI6 were unable to substantiate their accusation.