Stephen Alley

MC
Born14 February 1876
House of Yusupov Palace, Moscow, Russia
Died1969
Ware, Hertfordshire
Known for

Captain Stephen Alley MC (14 February 1876 - 1969)[1] was a British mechanical engineer and Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) agent in pre-revolutionary Russia who may have had an involvement in the murder of Rasputin in 1916 and in a plan to try to rescue the Russian Imperial Family, the Romanovs, imprisoned in Ipatiev House in 1918 by the Bolsheviks.[2]

Early life

Stephen Alley was born on 14 February 1876[3] at Arkhangelskoye Estate near Moscow.[4] 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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7][8] 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."[9] Stephen Alley participated in a plan to try to rescue the Russian Imperial Family, the Romanovs, imprisoned in the Ipatiev House in 1918 by the Bolsheviks. The plan did not work out.[10]

Death

Alley died in 1969.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Stephen Alley. Spartacus Educational. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Rappaport, Helen. The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family, St. Martin's Press; 1st U.S. Ed edition, 2018, p. 204-236. ISBN 978-1250151216
  3. 1 2 "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "FamilySearch.org". Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "No. 27483". The London Gazette. 17 October 1902. p. 6570.
  6. ↑ Andrew Cook (15 February 2010). The Murder of the Romanovs. Amberley Publishing Limited. pp. 55–. ISBN 978-1-4456-0796-2.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ Douglas Smith (3 November 2016). Rasputin: The Biography. Pan Macmillan. pp. 174–. ISBN 978-1-4472-4586-5.
  9. ↑ "PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 4 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Rappaport, Helen. The Race to Save the Romanovs: The Truth Behind the Secret Plans to Rescue the Russian Imperial Family, St. Martin's Press; 1st U.S. Ed edition, 2018, p. 204-236. ISBN 978-1250151216
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