Edmund Henderson

Engineer, Chivalric Order Member

1821 – 1896

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Who was Edmund Henderson?

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson KCB was an officer in the British Army who was Comptroller-General of Convicts in Western Australia from 1850 to 1863, Home Office Surveyor-General of Prisons from 1863 to 1869, and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1869 to 1886.

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Born
Apr 19, 1821
England
Nationality
  • United Kingdom
Profession
Education
  • Royal Military Academy, Woolwich
Died
Dec 8, 1896

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on July 23, 2013

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