Herbert Dowbiggin
Police officer, Military Person
1880 – 1966
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Who was Herbert Dowbiggin?
Sir Herbert Layard Dowbiggin, CMG was the eighth British colonial Inspector General of Police of British Ceylon from 1913 to 1937, the longest tenure of office of an Inspector General of Police. He was called the 'Father of Colonial Police'. He was knighted in 1931.
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- Born
- Dec 26, 1880
- Profession
- Education
- Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
- Died
- May 24, 1966
Milden, Suffolk
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on July 23, 2013
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