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Cover Anderson, Sir Robert (1841–1918)

Anderson, Sir Robert (1841–1918)  

Maker: James Russell & Sons

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Sir Robert Anderson (1841–1918) by James Russell & Sons © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Anderson, Sir Robert (1841–1918), spymaster, detective chief, and author  

Bernard Porter

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Anderson, Sir Robert (1841–1918), spymaster, detective chief, and author, was born on 29 May 1841 in Mountjoy Square, Dublin, the son of Matthew Anderson (1804–1888), crown solicitor, Dublin, and his wife, Mary. He himself described his more distant forebears as 'among the Scotch colonists who made ...

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Cover Boisragon, Alan Maxwell (1860–1922)

Boisragon, Alan Maxwell (1860–1922)  

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Alan Boisragon (1860–1922) [left], by Elliott & Fry

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Boisragon, Alan Maxwell (1860–1922), army officer and police commander  

K.D. Reynolds

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12 November 2020

Boisragon, Alan Maxwell (1860–1922), army officer and police commander, was born in Meerut, Bengal, India, on 22 January 1860, the only child of Major General Theodore Walter Ross Boisragon (1830–1882) and his wife Margaret Emma Gerrard (d. 1883). In ...

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Challenor, Harold Gordon [Harry; Tanky] (1922–2008), soldier and police officer  

Terence Morris

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07 March 2013
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05 January 2012

Challenor, Harold Gordon [Harry; Tanky] (1922–2008), soldier and police officer, was born on 16 March 1922 at 3 Caledonia Street, Bradley, near Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, the second of five children of Thomas Henry Challenor, then working in an iron foundry, and his wife, Ellen, ...

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Henderson, Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott (1821–1896), army officer and police officer  

R. H. Vetch

revised by J. Gilliland

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Henderson, Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott (1821–1896), army officer and police officer, son of Vice-Admiral George Henderson, Royal Navy, of Middle Deal, Kent, and of his wife, Frances Elizabeth, daughter of Edmund Walcott-Sympson of Winkton, Hampshire, was born on 19 April 1821 at Muddiford...

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Cover Horwood, Sir William Thomas Francis (1868–1943)

Horwood, Sir William Thomas Francis (1868–1943)  

Maker: Lafayette

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Sir William Thomas Francis Horwood (1868–1943) by Lafayette, 1928 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Horwood, Sir William Thomas Francis (1868–1943), army officer and police administrator  

Anne Pimlott Baker

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Horwood, Sir William Thomas Francis (1868–1943), army officer and police administrator, was born in November 1868, the youngest son of Charles Horwood of the Manor House, Broadwater, Sussex. At twenty he was commissioned into the 5th lancers, serving as recruiting officer and adjutant for the ...

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McHardy, John Bunch Bonnemaison (1801–1882), naval and police officer  

Maureen Scollan

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23 September 2010

McHardy, John Bunch Bonnemaison (1801–1882), naval and police officer, was born at New Providence, Bahamas, on 3 December 1801, the only surviving son of Robert McHardy, who had emigrated from Braemar to join his brother in business, and his wife, Mary Dean, née...

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Melville, William (1850–1918), police officer and intelligence officer  

Michael Hassett

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23 September 2010

Melville, William (1850–1918), police officer and intelligence officer, was born in Sneem, co. Kerry, Ireland, on 25 April 1850, the eldest of three sons of James Melville, tenant farmer, and his wife, Catherine, née O'Connor. After attending the local Christian Brothers' school until the age of fifteen he worked for his father, who was then a baker and publican in ...

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O'Halloran, Thomas Shuldham (1797–1870), army officer and police chief in Australia  

Marc Brodie

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

O'Halloran, Thomas Shuldham (1797–1870), army officer and police chief in Australia, was born on 25 October 1797 at Berhampore, India, the second son of Major-General Sir Joseph O'Halloran (1763–1843) and his wife, Frances (1773–1835), the daughter of Colonel Nicholas Bayly and the niece of the ...

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Petrie, Sir David (1879–1961), police officer in India and head of the security service  

Jason Tomes

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Petrie, Sir David (1879–1961), police officer in India and head of the security service, was born on 9 September 1879 at Inveravon, Banffshire, the second surviving son of Thomas Petrie, master millwright, and his wife, Jane Allan. After taking an MA degree at ...

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Cover Rowan, Sir Charles (1782?–1852)

Rowan, Sir Charles (1782?–1852)  

Maker: William Salter

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Sir Charles Rowan (1782?–1852) by William Salter, 1834–40 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Rowan, Sir Charles (1782?–1852), army officer and police officer  

F. E. C. Gregory

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Rowan, Sir Charles (1782?–1852), army officer and police officer, was born in co. Antrim, the fifth son of Robert Rowan (1754–1832) of Garry, co. Antrim, and North Lodge, Carrickfergus, and Mary, daughter of Hill Wilson of Purdysburn, co. Down. Field Marshal Sir William Rowan...

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Cover Sillitoe, Sir Percy Joseph (1888–1962)

Sillitoe, Sir Percy Joseph (1888–1962)  

Maker: Bassano

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Sir Percy Joseph Sillitoe (1888–1962) by Bassano © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Sillitoe, Sir Percy Joseph (1888–1962), police officer and intelligence officer  

Anthony Simkins

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Sillitoe, Sir Percy Joseph (1888–1962), police officer and intelligence officer, was born at Tulse Hill, London, on 22 May 1888, the second son and second child of Joseph Henry Sillitoe, average adjuster, and his wife, Bertha Leontine Smith. There was also a younger sister. The family suffered from the improvidence of ...

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Steele, Samuel Benfield (1849–1919), army officer and officer of the North-West Mounted Police in Canada  

Carman Miller

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Steele, Samuel Benfield (1849–1919), army officer and officer of the North-West Mounted Police in Canada, was born in Mendonte township, Upper Canada, on 5 January 1849, the fourth son of a retired Royal Navy officer, Captain Elmes Yelverton Steele (d. 1865), and ...

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Syers, Henry Charles (1853?–1897), soldier and colonial police officer  

J. M. Gullick

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23 September 2010

Syers, Henry Charles (1853?–1897), soldier and colonial police officer, was probably born on 17 June 1853 (the date on his tombstone) to a working-class family in London, though no record of his birth can be found. He wrote excellent English, which suggests that he had a good elementary education. On 7 July 1870 he enlisted in the ...

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Cover Warren, Sir Charles (1840–1927)

Warren, Sir Charles (1840–1927)  

Maker: Barraud

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004
Sir Charles Warren (1840–1927) by Barraud, pubd 1888 © National Portrait Gallery, London

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Warren, Sir Charles (1840–1927), army officer, police commissioner, and archaeologist  

Keith Surridge

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Warren, Sir Charles (1840–1927), army officer, police commissioner, and archaeologist, was born on 7 February 1840 at Fairview House, Bangor, Caernarvonshire, the second son of Major-General Sir Charles Warren (1798–1866) and his first wife, Mary Anne (d. 1846), daughter of William Hughes...