Facts: - death place: marylebone - service: secret intelligence service -lrb- sis/mi6 -rrb- - allegiance: united kingdom 20px - death date: 4 november 1939 -lrb- aged 66 -rrb- - award: kcb - serviceyears: 1923 -- 1939 - birth date: 18 august 1873 - name: hugh sinclair - nationality: british - birth place: southampton - rank: chief of the secret intelligence service Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of hugh sinclair .
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admiral sir hugh francis paget sinclair , -lrb- 18 august 1873 -- 4 november 1939 -rrb- , nicknamed '' '' quex '' '' , was a british intelligence officer .between 1919 and 1921 , he was director of british naval intelligence , and helped to set up the secret intelligence service -lrb- sis , commonly mi6 -rrb- before the second world war .