Lockhart’s book, Ace of Spies (1967), recounted the career of the secret agent Sidney Reilly, whose exploits with Lockhart's father in Russia in 1918 made headlines and appeared in the latter's Memoirs of a British Agent (1932). Robin Lockhart's book was adapted by Troy Kennedy Martin into the television miniseries Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983), starring Sam Neill as the title character, with Ian Charleson as his father. Since the miniseries, the book has been republished periodically under the title Reilly: Ace of Spies. Lockhart followed up with Reilly: The First Man (1987), in which he claimed that Reilly was never murdered by the Bolsheviks, but worked with them to plant the Cambridge Five moles.īruce Lockhart converted to Roman Catholicism. He later became a stock broker, while continuing to pursue his literary interests. After the War he pursued a career in journalism, working for the Beaverbrook Press in London, Manchester and Glasgow. During the Second World War he served in British naval intelligence, and was stationed in Singapore, where he met and married his first wife, Peggy in 1942. He was educated at Eagle House School and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. Bruce Lockhart, a British diplomat, secret agent, journalist, and author. Robert Norman Bruce Lockhart (13 April 1920 – 20 February 2008), known as Robin, was a British journalist, stock broker, and author.īruce Lockhart was the only son of R. Not to be confused with Rab Bruce Lockhart.
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