Patrick Colquhoun
Politician
1745 – 1820
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Who was Patrick Colquhoun?
Patrick Colquhoun was a Scottish merchant, statistician, magistrate, and founder of the first regular preventive police force in England, the Thames River Police.
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- Born
- Mar 14, 1745
Dumbarton - Children
- Nationality
- Scotland
- Lived in
- Glasgow
- Died
- Apr 25, 1820
London
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on July 23, 2013
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