Jock Haswell

Q: When did Jock Haswell die?

Jock Haswell died on January 21, 2018.

Q: How old was Jock Haswell when they died?

Jock Haswell was 98 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Jock Haswell's cause of death?

The cause of death of Jock Haswell was natural causes.

Q: When was Jock Haswell born?

Jock Haswell was born on July 18, 1919.

Major Chetwynd John Drake "Jock" Haswell (18 July 1919 – 21 January 2018), who also wrote as George Foster, was a British military and intelligence author and former British intelligence officer. He was "Author for Service Intelligence" 1966–1984.

Early life

Haswell was born in Penn, Buckinghamshire. He was educated at Little Appley Preparatory School and Winchester College.

Career

Haswell was trained at Sandhurst c. 1938/9 - 1941. He joined the Queen's Royal Regiment on 3 April 1941. Later in 1941 he was stationed in India, and saw local action. He was promoted Major on 3 July 1952, and retired from the army on 29 April 1960.

Haswell's later work was mostly writing, continuing a thread from his military and intelligence work. He self-deprecatingly described his books as "holes held together with string". Nonetheless, his James II, for example, was reviewed in the Times of 29 July 1972 by Geoffrey Homes.

He died on 21 January 2018 at the age of 98.