Dennis Wheatley in World War Two

Persons DW entertained with the greatest
frequency: July 1941 to October 1944

1 Le Poer Trench, Diana (step daughter) 31
2 Younger, Bill (step son) 30
3 Combe, Eddie, Lt Colonel 26
4 Links, Joe, Wing Commander 21
5 Vintras, Roly, Group Captain 19
6 Bevan, John, Lt. Colonel (LCS) 18
7 Goudie, Eric, Major 16
8 Pelham-Burn, Colin (step son) 15
9 Wingate, Ronald, Lt Colonel (LCS) 15
10 Arbuthnott, James, Commander RN (LCS) 12
11 Bright, Joan 12
12 Brooks, Dallas, Major General 11
13 Peck, Richard, Air Marshal 11
14 Vian, Christopher, Captain 9
15 Gordon Clark, Neil, Major 8
16 Beresford, Barney, Wing Commander 7
17 Eldredge, Wentworth, Lieut. USAF 7
18 Elliott, William, Air Commodore 7
19 Finter, Alec, Lieut. Commander RN 7
20 Gubbins, Colin, Major General 7
21 Hollis, Leslie, Major General 7
22 Preston, Mary 7
23 Vachell, Air Commodore 7
24 Vian, Cecily 7
25 Bevan, Lady Barbara 6
26 Brooks, Dallas, Mrs 6
27 Groom, Victor, Air Commodore 6
28 Preston, Rupert, Colonel 6
29 Lady Stanley of Alderney 6
30 Tatham, Eddie 6
31 Darvall, Lawrence, Air Commodore 6
32 Dickson, Dickie, Air Commodore 5
33 Peteval, Harold, Major (LCS) 5
34 Richmond, Duke of, Fl. Lieutenant 5
35 Wingate, Mrs (Mary) 5
36 Baumer, Bill, Colonel USF 4
37 Burgis, Laurence 4
38 Darvall, Mrs 4
39 Dawson, AC, Group Captain 4
40 Fleming, Peter 4
41 Kinnaird, Master of 4
42 Kinnaird, Diana 4
43 Lennox, Colonel 4
44 Leslie, Pooh 4
45 Lumby, Fritz, Lt Colonel (early Deception Planner) 4
46 Mann, Major 4
47 Simpson, Hamilton, Major General 4
48 Twysdon, Lady 4
49 Beatty, Charles, Captain 3
50 Beatty, Joan 3

Ranks shown are those when DW last entertained the person. Many went on to even more senior positions after the war.

Others entertained but appearing elsewhere on the list include Generals Ismay (Churchill’s chief military assistant), Craig and Gale, Air Vice Marshals Collier, Inglis, Medhurst and Slessor, and keepers of secrets Dudley Clarke, Ian Fleming, Sir Louis Greig, Maxwell Knight, , J.C. Masterman, Ewen Montagu, Desmond Morton, T.A.R. Robertson, Oliver Stanley, and David Strangeways, to name just a few of the 276 people on the list.