article_snippet: Believed to be the inspiration behind the world's most famous MI6 agent James Bond, Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees can rest easily after the future of the Scottish island Count Robin de la Lanne-Mirrlees used to own appears to have been secured.
article_snippet: A good friend of the original 'James Bond' author Ian Fleming, Count Robin is said to have been the inspiration for 007. '
article_snippet: Daniel Craig playing the role of James Bond in Casino Royal.
article_snippet: The Oxford graduate, who spoke several languages, worked on 'Count Robin Majesty's Secret Service' with Fleming.
article_snippet: In the book 007's cover as Sir Hilary Bray was based on Count Robin's then position as a heraldic researcher at the College of Arms in London.
highlights_snippet: Count Robin was known for wooing beautiful women; the Oxford graduate, who spoke several languages, worked on 'Count Robin Majesty's Secret Service' with Bond author Ian Fleming .