Wilfred Trubshaw
British chief constable
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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 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]
