Police

Pim, Sir Richard Pike (1900–87), inspector-general of RUC, was born 10 July 1900 in Dunmurry, outside Belfast, second son of Cecil Pim (1870–1942), managing director of the Greenmount Spinning Co., and his wife, Marie Pike of Keady, Co. Armagh. Both parents came from renowned quaker…

Price, Ivon Henry (1866–1931), policeman and army intelligence officer, was born 18 March 1866 in Lucan, Co. Dublin, the son of James Price, a chartered engineer, and his wife Fanny (née Peebles); the family were Church of Ireland. He was educated at St Columba's College,…

Reed, Sir Andrew (1837–1914), inspector-general of the RIC, was born 26 September 1837 in Galway, the only son of John Reed, local land agent, and his wife Mary, daughter of John Adamson of Moate, Co. Westmeath. His mother died when Andrew was three and his father later remarried…

Ross of Bladensburg, Sir John Foster George (1848–1926), soldier, commissioner of DMP, author, and landscape gardener, was born 27 July 1848, second son of David Ross of Bladensburg, of Rostrevor, Co. Down, and his wife Harriet, eldest daughter of the 2nd Viscount Ferrard, and 9th…

Rowan, Sir Charles (c.1782–1852), chief commissioner of police in London, was born at Mullans, Co. Antrim, fifth son among eight sons and two daughters of Robert Rowan (1754–1832), landowner, and Eliza Rowan (née Wilson). His younger brother, William Rowan, was later a…

Shillington, Sir (Robert Edward) Graham (1911–2001), chief constable of the RUC, was born at Portadown, Co. Armagh, on 2 April 1911, youngest of six children of Major David Shillington (qv) and his wife, Louisa (née Collen).…

Sirr, Henry Charles (1764–1841), town-major of Dublin, was born 25 November 1764, possibly in Dublin castle, as his father, Joseph Sirr (1715–99), was then town major and housed there. His mother was Elizabeth Hall (1730?–1790) from Skelton Castle in Cleveland, Yorkshire. Joseph…

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Smyth, Gerald Bryce Ferguson (1885–1920), army officer and policeman, was born 7 September 1885 in Dalhousie, Punjab, India, son of George Smyth of Milltown, near Banbridge, Co. Down, an Indian civil servant, and Helen Smyth (née Ferguson). He was raised in Dalhousie, educated at…

Staines, Michael Joseph (1885–1955), revolutionary, Garda commissioner, and senator, was born 1 May 1885 in Newport, Co. Mayo, eldest child of Edward Staines, a Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) man, and Margaret Staines (née McCann). He was raised in Newport, and educated at the local…

Swan, William Bellingham (c.1762–1837), deputy town major of Dublin and senior revenue inspector, was probably born in Dublin, son of William Swan, of Kilrisk, Co. Dublin, and his second wife Jane (née Lees), widow of the Reverend Walter Chamberlane. His father appears to have…

Synnott, Thomas Lambert (1810–97), workhouse guardian and prison governor, was born probably in Dublin, eldest son of Thomas Sinnott, vintner, of 59–61 Barrack St., Dublin. Though there is evidence his father belonged to the Church of Ireland, Synnott was brought up Roman catholic…

Talbot, George (1823–1914), soldier and policeman, was eldest son among five children of James Talbot, captain in the Grenadier Guards and JP of Knockmullen, Co. Wexford, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Edward Sutton of Summer Hill, Co.…

Teeling, Charles George (1806–75), soldier and inspector in the Irish constabulary, was born 1 March 1806, second surviving son of Charles Hamilton Teeling (qv) of Lisburn and Belfast, United Irishman, writer, and newspaper…

Tudor, Sir (Henry) Hugh (1871–1965), soldier and chief of police, was born at Newton Abbot, south Devon, England, only surviving son of the Rev. Harry Tudor, rector of Wolborough parish and subsequently sub-dean of Exeter cathedral; details of his mother are unknown. He joined the…

Turner, Alfred Edward (1842–1918), army officer, RIC special commissioner, and vice-regal private secretary, was born 3 March 1842 in London, the eldest son of Richard E. Turner, BL, a bencher at the Inner Temple, and his wife, Frances, daughter…

Warren, Nathaniel (c.1737–1796), merchant, MP, and first commissioner of police, was born in Dublin. His parentage is unclear, but a number of Warrens were engaged as merchants and glaziers in the city prior to his birth. Alternatively, he may be the son of Oliver Warren…

Wickham, Sir Charles George (1879–1971), soldier and policeman, was born 1 September 1879 at Chestnut Grove, Tadcaster, Yorkshire, fourth son of William Wickham Wickham and Katherine Henta Wickham. He was educated at Harrow School and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.…

Willcocks, Sir Richard (1768–1834), yeomanry officer and policeman, was born in 1768 at Palmerston (Palmerstown) near Chapelizod, Co. Dublin. His parents' names are unknown and his own surname is variously given as Willcocks, Wilcox, or Wilcock. He became a Dublin police…

Winter, Sir Ormonde de l'Épée (1875–1962), soldier, director of intelligence, and deputy chief of police in Ireland, was born 15 January 1875 at Sutton Court Lodge, Chiswick, west London, youngest of five children of W. H. Winter, GPO…

Wymes, Michael John (1907–89), policeman, was born 22 December 1907 at Lisdoo, Dundalk, Co. Louth, son of RIC constable (later head constable) Michael Wymes, and Margaret Wymes (née Collins). He had one brother, Patrick (P. J.), later…