Wilfred Trubshaw

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

Wilfred Trubshaw
Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary
In office
5 May 1927  31 August 1935
Assistant Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary
In office
1917  5 May 1927
Personal details
Born(1870-06-15)15 June 1870
Mold, Flintshire, Wales
Died21 December 1944(1944-12-21) (aged 74)
Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, Wales

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


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