Henry Solomon

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Henry Solomon (died 14 March 1844)[1] was the first Chief Constable of Brighton Borough Police.[2] He was appointed as Chief Constable in 1838,[3] which was a notable appointment in that period as he was a Jewish man.[4] While interviewing a prisoner he was bludgeoned with a poker, causing head injuries from which he later died.[5] An appeal to which Queen Victoria gave £50 raised a large sum for the welfare of his widow and nine children.[2] Solomon is thought to be the only chief constable in the United Kingdom to have been murdered in his own police station.[6][7] His ghost reputedly haunts the basement of the office buildings.[4][7] He is buried in Brighton's Borough Cemetery where he has been considered to be the 'celebrity' grave.[8] In 2004, his was one of several local names to be chosen to appear on the front of a new fleet of buses in Brighton.[3]

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  1. ^ Erredge, John Ackerson. History of Brighthelmston, or Brighton as I view it and others knew it (in English). Brighton: Lewis, p. 246. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. 
  2. ^ a b Henry Solomon (English). Middle Street Synagogue, a part of Brighton's history p. 19. Friends of Middle Street Historic Synagogue. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  3. ^ a b "New buses celebrate city's past", The Argus, Newsquest Media Group, 2004-04-02. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. (English) 
  4. ^ a b Old Police Cells Museum (English). Sussex Police. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  5. ^ (1845) in Edmund Burke: The Annual Register or a View of the History and Politics of the Year 1844 (in English). London: Woodfall & Son, p. 29. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. 
  6. ^ "Lottery boost for police museum", BBC News, 2006-11-25. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. (English) 
  7. ^ a b Tied to His Work (English). Notorious murders/Timeless classics. Courtroom Television Network, LLC., Time Warner. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
  8. ^ Singh, Tejvir (2004). New Horizons in Tourism: Strange Experiences and Stranger Practices (in English). Cambridge, MA: CABI Publishing, p. 76. ISBN 0851998631. Retrieved on 2008-04-24. 

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