Eric St Johnston
Sir Thomas Eric St Johnston | |
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| Born | 7 January 1911 |
| Died | 17 March 1986 (aged 75) |
| Education | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
| Occupation | Police officer |
| Spouse |
Joan Wharton
(m. 1937; died 1974) |
Sir Thomas Eric St Johnston,[1] CBE, KStJ, QPM, TD (7 January 1911 – 17 March 1986) was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1967 until 1970.[2]
St Johnson was educated at Bromsgrove School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was a friend of the writer Nigel Balchin.[3] He joined the civilian staff of Scotland Yard; and was admitted a barrister at the Middle Temple in 1934. In 1940 he became Chief Constable of Oxfordshire, in 1944 of the Durham Police and in 1950 of the Lancashire Force. A former Colonel in the Royal Artillery TA, during World War II he was employed at the War Office. He was Director of Administration for Spencer Stuart & Associates from 1971 until 1975. In 1978 he published his autobiography One Policeman’s Story [4]
Honours
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Order of the British Empire (CBE) |
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Order of St John (K.StJ) |
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Knight Bachelor (Kt) | |
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Queen's Police Medal (QPM) | |
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1939–1945 Star | |
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France and Germany Star | |
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Defence Medal | |
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War Medal | |
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Territorial Decoration (TD) | |
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Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal | |
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Croix de Guerre |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Attention!". digital.slv.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Previous Chief Inspectors". HMICFRS.
- ^ His Own Executioner, Derek Collett
- ^ ‘ST JOHNSTON, Sir (Thomas) Eric’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014
- ^ https://imsvintagephotos.com/sir-thomas-eric-st-johnston-1046088 [dead link]
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