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 | 15 June 1870 Mold, Flintshire, Wales |
| Died | 21 December 1944 (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
- 1939 England and Wales Register
- 1911 England Census
- Lancashire appears to have reversed the positions usually held by ACC and DCC.
- "New Chief Constable of Lancashire", The Times, 6 May 1927
- Notice of retirement, The Times, 24 April 1935
- "No. 31840". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 26 March 1920. p. 3808.
- "No. 33722". The London Gazette (4th supplement). 2 June 1931. p. 3631.
- The Women's Who's who. Shaw Publishing Company. 1934. p. 377. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "Marriages". The Law Times. Published at the office of The Law times: 400. 27 August 1904. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007