F. Digby Hardy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

F. Digby Hardy

British criminal, spy

Date of Birth: 05-Apr-1868

Place of Birth: Devonport, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Oct-1930

Profession: spy

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About F. Digby Hardy

  • John Henry Gooding, alias Frank Digby Hardy (5 April 1868 – 28 October 1930) was an English naval writer, journalist, soldier, career criminal and would-be spy during the Irish War of Independence.
  • Born in Devonport, Plymouth to a middle-class family, he was educated in London before gaining notoriety in his native Devon as a bigamist and a cheque forger.
  • Imprisoned numerous times throughout his life, he was enlisted by British intelligence to capture Irish Republican Army leader Michael Collins in 1920.

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