Stella Rimington

Stella Rimington was recorded at birth as Stella Whitehouse. The authorities additionally record the headings Miss J., Dame Stella Rimington and Stella Whitehouse. Her recorded language was English.

She married John Rimington.

Stella Rimington worked in autobiographer, intelligence agency, security agency and opinion journalism.

She was employed by MI5. Recorded positions include Director General of MI5 and Booker Prize judge.

33 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection.

Secret asset. The Devil's Bargain. INVISIBLE, LA (Spanish Edition). Leiser Verrat. Sakanah bilti nirʾet. נכס סודי. Hidden Hand. Beutezug. Open Secret. L'un des nôtres. Ucan Sandik. At Risk. Cifte Kiskac. Illegal Action : (Liz Carlyle 3). Illegal Action. Devil's Bargain. At Risk : (Liz Carlyle 1). Secret Asset : (Liz Carlyle 2). Acik Sir. Breaking cover. Close call. The Moscow sleepers. Dead line. Present danger. Rip tide. The Geneva Trap. La invisible. Illegal Action CD. Secret Asset CD. Secret Asset (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard). Security and democracy - Is there a conflict? Secret Asset (Liz Carlyle). Sex selection., dated 2003, held by Wellcome Collection.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Rimington, Dame Stella, (born 1935), Director General, Security Service, 1992–96, Who's Who, 2007. Rimington, Dame Stella, (13 May 1935–3 Aug. 2025), Director General, Security Service, 1992–96, Who Was Who, 2007. Spy novelist Stella Rimington, the first female head of MI5, was a ‘true trailblazer’, 2025. Seriality and Female Spies: Reading Stella Rimington, The Journal of Popular Culture, 2021. Hints on stable management / by M.F. Rimington., 1912.

2 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Secret asset (2008) — Internet Archive. Lenin In Hackney (1907) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 24 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Stella Rimington studied at University of Edinburgh, University of Liverpool and Nottingham Girls' High School. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is autobiographer, intelligence agency and security agency.

Employment is recorded with MI5. Positions recorded include Director General of MI5 and Booker Prize judge.

Distinctions recorded are Dame Commander of the Order of the Bath.