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Chief Constables of the Hertfordshire Constabulary

  • Robertson, Archibald. 1841 - 1880
    Robertson, Archibald. 1841 - 1880
    The First Chief Constable of Hertfordshire, appointed in 1841 he was to remain Chief Constable for thirty-nine years until he died in office in 1880
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  • Daniell, Lieutenant Colonel Henry S. 1880 - 1911
    Daniell, Lieutenant Colonel Henry S. 1880 - 1911
    The second Chief Constable of Hertfordshire he was Appointed in 1880 and he retired after 31 years service in 1911.
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  • Daniell, H. Smith. 1880 - 1911
    Daniell, H. Smith. 1880 - 1911
    Chief Constable 1880 to 1910. His early life in India reads like a "Boys Own" adventure
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  • Law, Alfred Letchworth Annie. 1911 - 1928
    Law, Alfred Letchworth Annie. 1911 - 1928
    The third Chief Constable of Hertfordshire Constabulary and Lieutenant Colonel in the Headquarters Staff of the North Staffordshire Regiment
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  • Law, Alfred Letchworth. 1911 - 1928
    Law, Alfred Letchworth. 1911 - 1928
    A Military man who's first experience of Policing was the command of Troops in the Belfast Riots of 1898 and who served as Chief Constable from 1910 to 1928
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  • Knight, George Thomas. 1928 - 1939
    Knight, George Thomas. 1928 - 1939
    The fourth Chief Constable. The only Chief Constable to have served all his career in Hertfordshire and who caused controversy when he appointed his son as a Sergeant having never been a Police Officer before.
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  • Fairman, Sydney Maurice Ewart, Chief Constable.
    Fairman, Sydney Maurice Ewart, Chief Constable.
    The fifth Chief Constable who died from Pneumonia on active service in Italy, where he was attached to the Allied Military Control Commission.
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  • Fairman, Sydney Ewart.1939 - 1943
    Fairman, Sydney Ewart.1939 - 1943
    The fifth Chief Constable 1939-1943 when he resigned to become involved in the Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories and was killed on active service on Anzio Beach
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  • Camp, Abel, 138, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent, Chief Superintendent, Deputy Chief Constable, Acting Chief Constable. 1943 - 1945
    Camp, Abel, 138, Police Constable, Sergeant, Inspector, Superintendent, Chief Superintendent, Deputy Chief Constable, Acting Chief Constable. 1943 - 1945
    The sixth (Acting) Chief Constable. He served throughout the Great War he was wounded and awarded a Silver War Badge. On discharge from the Army he joined the Hertford County Constabulary and quickly rose through the ranks.
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  • Camp, Abel 1943 - 1945
    Camp, Abel 1943 - 1945
    The story of the Acting Chief Constable from 1943 to 1945 who was awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the First World War before joining the Force in 1919
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  • Young, Arthur Edwin. 1945 - 1947
    Young, Arthur Edwin. 1945 - 1947
    The seventh Chief Constable he was Appointed at the age of 38 in 1945. He remained as Chief Constable for two years before moving on. He later became Commissioner for the City of London Police
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  • Wilcox, Albert Frederick. 1947 - 1969
    Wilcox, Albert Frederick. 1947 - 1969
    The eighth Chief Constable was the face of change and expansion from 1947 to 1969. Overseeing the transformation of the Force from 613 Officers to 1400.
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  • Buxton, Raymond Naylor. 1969 - 1977
    Buxton, Raymond Naylor. 1969 - 1977
    The ninth Chief Constable.
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  • Clissitt, Adrian. 1977 - 1984
    Clissitt, Adrian. 1977 - 1984
    Adrian Clissitt was the tenth Chief Constable. He was born in South Wales in 1924 and nearly became a monk.
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  • Morris, Trefor A. 1984 -1990
    Morris, Trefor A. 1984 -1990
    Trefor Morris was the eleventh Chief Constable who, after serving as Chief Constable of Hertfordshire, went on to be H.M. Inspector of Constabulary
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  • Skitt, Baden Henry. 1990 - 1994
    Skitt, Baden Henry. 1990 - 1994
    The twelfth Chief Constable who served between 1990 and 1994. He had been one of the first officers on the Scene at the IRA's Birmingham Pub Bombings in 1974
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  • Skitt, Bill H. 1990 - 1994
    Skitt, Bill H. 1990 - 1994
    Picture of Bill Skitt who joined Hertfordshire Constabulary from Northamptonshire
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  • Sharpe, Peter. 1994 - 2000
    Sharpe, Peter. 1994 - 2000
    The thirteenth Chief Constable.
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  • Acres, Paul. 2000 - 2004
    Acres, Paul. 2000 - 2004
    The fourteenth Chief Constable.
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  • Whiteley, Frank. 2004 - 2011
    Whiteley, Frank. 2004 - 2011
    The fifteenth Chief Constable.
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  • Bliss, Andy. 2011 - 2016
    Bliss, Andy. 2011 - 2016
    The sixteenth Chief Constable.
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  • Hall, Charlie. 2016
    Hall, Charlie. 2016
    The seventeenth and current Chief Constable who took up his post in October 2016.
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  • Hertfordshire Constabulary's first Flying Club
    Hertfordshire Constabulary's first Flying Club
    Formed in 1956, the Hertfordshire Constabulary Flying Club was based at Panshanger airfield and successfully restored a Tiger Moth aeroplane.
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  • Senior Officers of Hertfordshire Police - 1947
    Senior Officers of Hertfordshire Police - 1947
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