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'''Buckinghamshire Constabulary''' was the [[Home Office]] [[police]] force for the county of [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]], until 1968. |
'''Buckinghamshire Constabulary''' was the [[Home Office]] [[police]] force for the county of [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]], until 1968. |
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Buckinghamshire Constabulary was established 6 February 1857.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Stallion|first=Martin|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/42407304|title=The British police : police forces and chief officers, 1829-2000|date=1999|publisher=Police History Society|others=David Wall, Police History Society|isbn=0-9512538-4-0|location=Bramshill|oclc=42407304}}</ref> At establishment it had a strength of 102 officers. In 1868, prior to a national police pay structure, a newly recruited constable had a weekly net wage of 14s 1d which was 3 shillings a week less than constables in Staffordshire.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Crowley|first=Richard|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/755130203|title=A history of the British police : from the ninth century to the present day|date=2011|publisher=History|isbn=978-0-7524-5891-5|location=Stroud|oclc=755130203}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | It later absorbed [[Buckingham Borough Police]] 1 April 1889 and [[Chepping Wycombe Borough Police]] on 1 April 1947. In 1965, it had an establishment of 738 and an actual strength of 672.<ref>''The Thin Blue Line'', Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965</ref> |
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| ⚫ | On 1 April 1968, [[Thames Valley Constabulary]] was formed by the amalgamation of Buckinghamshire Constabulary, [[Berkshire Constabulary]], [[Oxford City Police]], [[Oxfordshire Constabulary]] and [[Reading Borough Police]]. At the point of amalgamation the constabulary had a strength of 1,042 police officers.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Chief Constables were: <ref name= MKH> {{cite web|url=http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/bch/docs/chiefs.html|title=Chief Constables |accessdate= 12 July 2018}} </ref> |
Chief Constables were: <ref name= MKH> {{cite web|url=http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/bch/docs/chiefs.html|title=Chief Constables |accessdate= 12 July 2018}} </ref> |
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*1857–1867 : Captain Willoughby Harcourt Carter <ref name= MKH/> |
*1857–1867 : Captain Willoughby Harcourt Carter <ref name= MKH/> |
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*1867–1896 : Captain Tyrwhitt-Drake <ref name= MKH/> |
*1867–1896 : Captain John Charles Tyrwhitt-Drake <ref name= MKH/> |
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*1896–1928 : Major Otway Mayne <ref name= MKH/> |
*1896–1928 : Major Otway Mayne <ref name= MKH/> |
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*1928–1953 : Colonel Sir Thomas Richard Pennefather Warren, 8th Baronet, CBE<ref name= MKH/> |
*1928–1953 : Colonel Sir Thomas Richard Pennefather Warren, 8th Baronet, CBE<ref name= MKH/> |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061230045819/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_info/info/museum/pre-history.htm A pre-history of Thames Valley Police] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061230045819/http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_info/info/museum/pre-history.htm A pre-history of Thames Valley Police] |
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Latest revision as of 01:28, 22 June 2021
Buckinghamshire Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Buckinghamshire, England, until 1968.
Buckinghamshire Constabulary was established 6 February 1857.[1] At establishment it had a strength of 102 officers. In 1868, prior to a national police pay structure, a newly recruited constable had a weekly net wage of 14s 1d which was 3 shillings a week less than constables in Staffordshire.[2]
It later absorbed Buckingham Borough Police 1 April 1889 and Chepping Wycombe Borough Police on 1 April 1947. In 1965, it had an establishment of 738 and an actual strength of 672.[3]
On 1 April 1968, Thames Valley Constabulary was formed by the amalgamation of Buckinghamshire Constabulary, Berkshire Constabulary, Oxford City Police, Oxfordshire Constabulary and Reading Borough Police. At the point of amalgamation the constabulary had a strength of 1,042 police officers.[1]
- Chief Constables
Chief Constables were: [4]
- 1857–1867 : Captain Willoughby Harcourt Carter [4]
- 1867–1896 : Captain John Charles Tyrwhitt-Drake [4]
- 1896–1928 : Major Otway Mayne [4]
- 1928–1953 : Colonel Sir Thomas Richard Pennefather Warren, 8th Baronet, CBE[4]
- 1953–1968 : Brigadier John Cheney
See also
[edit]Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b Stallion, Martin (1999). The British police : police forces and chief officers, 1829-2000. David Wall, Police History Society. Bramshill: Police History Society. ISBN 0-9512538-4-0. OCLC 42407304.
- ^ Crowley, Richard (2011). A history of the British police : from the ninth century to the present day. Stroud: History. ISBN 978-0-7524-5891-5. OCLC 755130203.
- ^ The Thin Blue Line, Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965
- ^ a b c d e "Chief Constables". Retrieved 12 July 2018.
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