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Profile of Richard Pearson
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Richard Pearson |
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1st August 1918 |
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Monmouth, Gwent, Wales, UK |
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Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Lyons Otway Pearson CB (1831–30 May 1890) was Assistant Commissioner (Executive) of the London Metropolitan Police from 1881 to 1890.
Pearson was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards. During the Crimean War (1854–1855), he served as ADC to General Sir George Brown, and was present at Alma, Inkerman and Sebastopol. He retired in 1864 with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel.
In 1881, he was appointed Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police. In June 1887, he was made a Companion of the Bath (CB). He was also a Justice of the Peace for Middlesex. He died after a prolonged illness.
Preceded by:
W. C. Harris |
Assistant Commissioner (Executive), Metropolitan Police
1881–1890 |
Succeeded by:
Charles Howard |
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