Edmund Henderson
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson KCB (19 April 1821 – 8 December 1896) was an officer in the British Army who was Comptroller-General of Convicts in Western Australia from 1850 to 1863, Home Office Surveyor-General of Prisons from 1863 to 1869, and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1869 to 1886.
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Edmund Henderson | |
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Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | |
In office 1869 – 22 February 1886 | |
Preceded by | Douglas Labalmondière |
Succeeded by | Charles Warren |
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Born | Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson (1821-04-19)19 April 1821 Muddiford, Hampshire, England |
Died | 8 December 1896(1896-12-08) (aged 75) |
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