such nonsense, can't understand it, it must be some special English trick directed against us." In 2010, Stephen de Mowbray who worked for MI6 until 1979, stated that both Hollis and Mitchell had been exonerated. "We followed Mitchell all over the place ... Nothing was found. Next Hollis was investigated but eventually also cleared. There were suspicions with both of them. There are not suspicions now. But somebody was doing it." On 21 April 2015, the Institute of World Politics held a panel debating whether or not Hollis was a mole. They published a report and chronology. One panel member, later wrote that "our panel solved nothing" perhaps because "facts have gradually blurred with supposition and theory". A former KGB head of station in London, Oleg Gordievsky defected to Britain in 1985 had said that Hollis was innocent and said of Wright's book, "there was a lot of fantasy in it and malicious speculation". The official MI5 website denies that Hollis was a Soviet agent, adding:"Hollis' non-involvement with the Soviets was confirmed in the 1980s by a senior KGB defector, Oleg Gordievsky. He has described how the Soviets themselves were baffled by the allegations against Hollis." Family Hollis married Evelyn Swayne on 17 July 1937 at Wells Cathedral, with his father performing the ceremony. She was the daughter of a solicitor from Burnham-on-Sea in Somerset. The couple had one son, Adrian Swayne Hollis. Hollis's son, Adrian (1940–2013), was a classical scholar and Grandmaster of correspondence chess, and was British Correspondence Chess Champion in 1966, 1967 and 1971. Philosopher Martin Hollis (1938–1998) was his nephew. His elder brother, Christopher Hollis (1902–1977), was a Conservative MP for Devizes from 1945–55. His nephew, Rt Rev Crispian Hollis, a Catholic convert, was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Portsmouth. References Sources External links "BBC News '1988: Government loses Spycatcher battle'" "ABC Radio National PM interview with Christopher Andrew, Spycatcher trial prompted much needed intelligence reforms" 1905 births 1973 deaths Alumni of Worcester College, Oxford British male journalists Companions of the Order of the Bath Directors General of MI5 Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire People educated at Clifton College People from Wells, Somerset