Stephen Alley


Captain Stephen Alley was a British mechancial engineer and Secret Intelligence Service agent in pre-revolutionary Russia who may have had an involvement in the murder of Rasputin in 1916.

Early life

Stephen Alley was born on 14 February 1876 in a House of Yusupov Palace, Moscow, Russia. After being educated in Russia he attended King's College London where he studied English Literature, and later moved to Glasgow University where he took a degree in engineering.
He was commissioned a second-lieutenant in the Surrey Yeomanry on 18 October 1902.

Career

After university he joined the family firm of Alley & McLellan Engineers in London. In 1910 he returned to Russia where he helped build the first heavy oil pipeline to the Black Sea. He became experienced in building rail transport. He is noted by many authors and documentaries for alleged involvement in the murder of Grigori Rasputin whilst working for the British Military Control Office in Saint Petersburg. Alley was alleged to be the author of a letter to John Scale on 25 December 1916 that, if authentic, is claimed by BBC History to be "the best proof of British involvement in Rasputin's murder"

Death

Alley died in 1969.