Guy Francis de Moncy Burgess was a British diplomat and Soviet double agent, and a member of the Cambridge Five spy ring that operated from the mid-1930s to the early years of the Cold War era. His defection in 1951 to the Soviet Union, with his fellow spy Donald Maclean, led to a serious breach in Anglo-United States intelligence co-operation, and caused long-lasting disruption and demoralisation in Britain's foreign and diplomatic services.
- Occupation
- spy, journalist, diplomat
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom, Soviet Union
- Born
- April 16, 1911
- Died
- August 30, 1963
