Eric St Johnston
Sir Thomas Eric St Johnston,[1] CBE, KStJ, QPM, TD (7 January 1911 – 17 March 1986) was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1967 until 1970.[2]
St Johnson was educated at Bromsgrove School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was a friend of the writer Nigel Balchin.[3] He joined the civilian staff of Scotland Yard; and was admitted a barrister at the Middle Temple in 1934. In 1940 he became Chief Constable of Oxfordshire, in 1944 of the Durham Police and in 1950 of the Lancashire Force. A former Colonel in the Royal Artillery TA, during World War II he was employed at the War Office. He was Director of Administration for Spencer Stuart & Associates from 1971 until 1975. In 1978 he published his autobiography One Policeman’s Story [4]
Honours
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Order of the British Empire (CBE) |
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Order of St John (K.StJ) |
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Knight Bachelor (Kt) | ||
Queen's Police Medal (QPM) | ||
1939–1945 Star | ||
France and Germany Star | ||
Defence Medal | ||
War Medal | ||
Territorial Decoration (TD) | ||
Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal | ||
Croix de Guerre |
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References
- ^ "Attention!". digital.slv.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Previous Chief Inspectors". HMICFRS.
- ^ His Own Executioner, Derek Collett
- ^ ‘ST JOHNSTON, Sir (Thomas) Eric’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014
- ^ https://imsvintagephotos.com/sir-thomas-eric-st-johnston-1046088 [dead link]
Police appointments | ||
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Preceded by Edward Dodd | HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland 1967–1970 | Succeeded by John McKay |
Preceded by Archibald Frederick Hordern | Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary 1950–1967 | Succeeded by ? |
Preceded by H Studdy | Chief Constable of Durham Constabulary 1944-1950 | Succeeded by Alec A Muir |
Preceded by Ernest Kennaway Arbuthnot | Chief Constable of Oxfordshire Constabulary 1940-1944 | Succeeded by ? |
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