Harry Houghton

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Gender	Male
Date of birth	June 7,1905
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Born	Lincoln
	United Kingdom
Died	Poole
	United Kingdom
Books	Operation Portland: The Autobiography of a Spy
	Ethel Gee
Current partner	Ethel Gee
Date of Reg.	2019-06-03 12:28:08
Date of Upd.	2023-06-18 20:22:40
ID	770540

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Harry Houghton Life story

Harry Frederick Houghton was a British Naval SNCO and a spy for the People's Republic of Poland and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. He was a member of the Portland Spy Ring.

MI5 ignored Cold War spy tip-off over 'jealous wife' fears

Feb 16,2020 6:32 am

...Convicted British spies Harry Houghton and Miss Ethel Gee were both found guilty of spying and each sentenced to 15 years in prison British intelligence ignored a tip-off about one of the most significant spies of the Cold War because it came from his spurned wife, according to newly-released MI5 files...