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Gillian Bennett is a British historian and civil servant, previously the Chief Historian of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office between 1995 and 2005.

Career

After graduating from Somerville College, University of Oxford in 1969,[1] Bennett began her career in the Foreign Office in 1972 as a research assistant in what was then called the Historical Branch.[2] She held a number of roles within the wider FCO, and in 1995 was appointed to the newly-created position of Chief Historian.[3] In this role, she edited the documentary history of British foreign policy since 1945, Documents on British Policy Overseas, and give historical advice to ministers and officials.[4]

In 1998, FCO historians were commissioned by Foreign Secretary Robin Cook to investigate the authenticity of the Zinoviev Letter,[5] and Bennett authored the report of their findings, concluding that the letter was a forgery though not likely to have been directly the work of MI6 officers.[6][7] In researching the origins of the letter, Bennett had full access to British government sources, and also drew upon Russian archival records.[8] Bennett retired from the civil service in 2005, and was succeeded as chief historian by Patrick Salmon.[9]

Since 2005, Bennett has published three monographs, Churchill's Man of Mystery: Desmond Morton and the World of Intelligence (2006),[10] Six Moments of Crisis: Inside British Foreign Policy (2013),[11][12] and The Zinoviev Letter: The Conspiracy that Never Dies (2018).[13][14]

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