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Wilfred Trubshaw

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Wilfred Trubshaw CBE (15 June 1870[1] – 21 December 1944) was a British solicitor and police officer who served as Chief Constable of Lancashire County Constabulary from 1927 to 1935.

Trubshaw was born in Mold, Flintshire, Wales,[2] the eldest son of surgeon Alfred Trubshaw, and came from a wealthy Staffordshire family. He was Assistant Solicitor to Lancashire County Council until 1915, when he joined Lancashire County Constabulary as Deputy Chief Constable. He was promoted to Assistant Chief Constable[3] in 1917 and was appointed Chief Constable on 5 May 1927.[4] He retired on 31 August 1935 due to problems with his eyesight.[5]

Trubshaw was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours[6] and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1931 Birthday Honours.[7]

He married Bessie André Perkins, a writer of short stories, in Wales in 1904.[8][9] He died in Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, Wales, aged 74.[10]

Footnotes

  1. ^ 1939 England and Wales Register
  2. ^ 1911 England Census
  3. ^ Lancashire appears to have reversed the positions usually held by ACC and DCC.
  4. ^ "New Chief Constable of Lancashire", The Times, 6 May 1927
  5. ^ Notice of retirement, The Times, 24 April 1935
  6. ^ "No. 31840". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 26 March 1920. p. 3808.
  7. ^ "No. 33722". The London Gazette (4th supplement). 2 June 1931. p. 3631.
  8. ^ The Women's Who's who. Shaw Publishing Company. 1934. p. 377. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Marriages". The Law Times. Published at the office of The Law times: 400. 27 August 1904. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  10. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Police appointments
Preceded by Chief Constable of Lancashire
1927–1935
Succeeded by