John Ferguson (police officer)
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Major Sir John Frederick Ferguson CBE CStJ DL (c.1891 – 27 May 1975) was a senior British police officer.
Ferguson passed out from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Durham Light Infantry on 14 February 1912.[1] During the First World War he continued to serve with the regiment, receiving a temporary captaincy in 1916.[2] He undertook the duties of regimental adjutant for at least two periods of time.[3][4] He attended Staff College in 1925.[5] He served as a GSO3 (Staff Officer) from 24 January 1927[6] to 17 December 1927.[7][8] He was Brigade Major of the 14th Infantry Brigade from 10 March 1928[9][10] to 15 April 1931.[11] During this period he received a Brevet promotion to Major (United Kingdom),[12] and received the regimental rank later.[13] He retired from the Army in 1933[14] and joined the Metropolitan Police, being appointed Chief Constable in the Commissioner's Office on 1 November 1933. On 1 September 1935 he was promoted to Deputy Assistant Commissioner and took command of No.4 District (South London). From 1 September 1938 to 1939 he was Commandant of the Metropolitan Police College. He rejoined the Army in 1940 after the outbreak of World War II, but soon returned to the Metropolitan Police, as he had reached the maximum age for reserve officers.[15]
On 1 April 1943 he was appointed first Chief Constable of the new Sussex Joint Police Force, the short-lived result of an amalgamation between the forces of East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton, Eastbourne, Hastings and Hove.
On 1 November 1945 he returned to the Metropolitan Police as Assistant Commissioner "A", in charge of administration and uniformed policing. He stayed for less than a year[16] before being appointed Chief Constable of Kent in July 1946. He was created a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 10 June 1948 (in the King's Birthday Honours)[17] and was knighted on 1 June 1953 (in the Coronation Honours).[18][19] On 1 July 1955 he was made an Officer of the Order of St John.[20] He retired on 31 October 1958, and was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Kent.[21]
In 1961 he was appointed, along with Lord Bridges, to investigate the theft of Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington from the National Gallery. He was also promoted to Commander in the Order of St John.[22]
| Police appointments | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by H. G. F. Archer |
Deputy Assistant Commissioner, No.4 District, Metropolitan Police 1935–1938 |
Succeeded by H. G. F. Archer |
| Preceded by Gordon Halland |
Commandant, Metropolitan Police College, Hendon 1938–1939 |
Succeeded by Unknown |
| Preceded by First incumbent |
Chief Constable of Sussex 1943–1945 |
Succeeded by Unknown |
| Preceded by John Nott-Bower |
Assistant Commissioner "A", Metropolitan Police 1945–1946 |
Succeeded by Philip Margetson |
| Preceded by Sir Percy Sillitoe |
Chief Constable of Kent 1946–1958 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey White |
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ London Gazette: no. 28580, page 1065, 13 February 1912. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29643, page 6415, 27 June 1916. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30420, page 12894, 7 December 1917. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 32756, page 7297, 17 October 1922. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33014, page 518, 25 January 1925. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33255, page 1522, 8 March 1927. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33350, page 535, 24 January 1928. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33352, page 684, 31 January 1928. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33367, page 1933, 16 March 1928. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33371, page 2342, 30 March 1928. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33709, page 2578, 21 April 1931. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33576, page 726, 4 February 1930. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33726, page 3916, 16 June 1931. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 33991, page 7037, 31 October 1933. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 35259, page 5008, 26 August 1941. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 37707, page 4359, 30 August 1946. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 38311, page 3373, 4 June 1948. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 39863, page 2941, 26 May 1953. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 39904, page 3676, 3 July 1953. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 40529, page 3882, 5 July 1955. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 41540, page 6740, 4 November 1958. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
- ^ London Gazette: no. 42409, page 5106, 11 July 1961. Retrieved on 2007-12-12.
