Cecil Street
Cecil Street | |
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John Street posing in 1930 | |
| Birth name | Cecil John Charles Street |
| Born | 3 May 1884 Gibraltar |
| Died | 8 December 1964 (aged 80) Eastbourne, East Sussex |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Branch | British Army |
| Rank | Major |
| Commands | Royal Garrison Artillery |
| Battles / wars | World War I Irish War of Independence |
| Awards | MC OBE |
| Spouse(s) | Hyacinth Maud Kirwan Eileen Annette Waller |
| Other work | Crime fiction writer |
Cecil John Charles Street OBE MC (3 May 1884 – 8 December 1964), also known as John Street, was a major in the British Army and a crime fiction novelist.
He began his military career as an artillery officer and during World War I, he became a propagandist for MI7. During the Irish War of Independence, he acted as an Information Officer for Dublin Castle alternating between Dublin and London and working closely with the British official Lionel Curtis. He later earned his living as a prolific writer of detective novels written under several pseudonyms including John Rhode, Miles Burton and Cecil Waye.