captured member might reveal details of the network under interrogation and possibly torture. Heslop blamed SOE for recruiting an agent who looked so "un-French." She left the Marksman circuit, but didn't return to England and instead went to Paris to see her mother. She was arrested on 20 March 1944 in Paris. She was released from the French gaol and eventually put in a Prison of War camp where she stayed until liberation. Honours and awards She was awarded the Legion of Honour; and the Croix de Guerre by France. Later life Following the war she lived in Paris and worked in advertising for the Vel d'Hiv. Devereux Rochester inherited money from Jane Stanford a former California Governor's wife. Stanford's niece Mrs. Amy Hansen, had adopted Devereux Rochester, as well as her and sister. Upon Stanford's death, Stanford University tried to contest the adoption as invalid so that the money would not be bequeathed and would instead be given back to the university. The case was finally won by the heirs 21 September 1957 and shortly after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. She lived her later years in Dinard in Brittany until her death. She was never married. References 1917 births 1980s deaths Year of death uncertain British people of World War II Female wartime spies People educated at Roedean School, East Sussex British Special Operations Executive personnel Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur American emigrants to the United Kingdom British expatriates in France