Chronology
- 1911: Born in Devonport, England
- Studies at Eton College
- Studies at Dartmouth Royal Naval College
- Studies at Trinity College, Cambridge. Meets the rest of the spy ring and becomes a supporter of the Communist party. Is inducted into the Cambridge Apostles, a secret society that is strongly Marxist at this point
- 1934: To hide his sympathies, he renounces communism and joins the Anglo-German Fellowship, a pro-Nazi group. Philby is also a member
- 1936-1944: works for the BBC. Produces the programme The Week in Westminster
- 1939-1941: Seconded to MI5 to work on war propaganda
- 1944: Joins the Foreign Office news department
- 1947: Sent to Washington, D.C. as a second secretary of the British Embassy
- 1951: meets Michael Straight in D.C.; Kim Philby warns Burgess that Maclean is under suspicion and will most likely be unmasked. Burgess and Maclean flee and go into hiding
- 1956: They appear in Moscow
- 1963: Dies in Moscow in the same year that Philby defects to Soviet Union. According to Philby, they never met
- 1983: The grandson of Donald MacLean marries the great-grandniece of Guy Burgess in Dayton, Ohio (USA).
His body now lies in West Meon, a small village in Hampshire, England.
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