Alker Tripp
Sir Alker Tripp CBE | |
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Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis "B" | |
In office 15 January 1932 – 1 May 1947 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Herbert Alker Tripp 23 August 1883 London, England |
Died | 12 December 1954 | (aged 71)
Occupation | Civil servant |
Sir Herbert Alker Tripp CBE (23 August 1883 – 12 December 1954), usually known as Alker Tripp or H. Alker Tripp, was a senior English police official who served as an Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police from 1932 to 1947.
Early life and career
Tripp was born in London, the son of
Assistant Commissioner
On 15 January 1932, Tripp was appointed Assistant Commissioner "B", in charge of traffic.[3] He was the first member of Scotland Yard's civilian staff to be appointed to this rank (at this time the Assistant Commissioners were not police officers, although they wore police uniform on formal occasions). He devoted the next fifteen years to the study of London's traffic problems, and also traffic problems of other cities throughout Europe and North America, becoming a recognised authority on the traffic control. In 1933, he was appointed to the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Board. In 1938 he published Road Traffic and Its Control, which remained the only full-length study of the subject until after his death.
The outbreak of the
Tripp was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1935 New Year Honours[6] and was knighted in the 1945 New Year Honours for his services during the war.[7]
Personal life
Tripp never lost his interest in art, and many of his paintings were shown in the Royal Academy. More than twenty of his works were turned into posters.[8]
He was also an enthusiastic yachtsman, both cruising and racing. He had a large number of articles published in the yachting press in both Britain and the United States, and also wrote four books on the subject:[9]
- 1924:Shoalwater and Fairway
- 1926:Suffolk Sea Borders
- 1928:Solent and the Southern Waters
- 1950: Under the Cabin Lamp.
In 1910 he married Abigail Powell, a Dubliner. She died on 26 February 1951.[10] They had a son and a daughter.
Footnotes
- ^ "No. 27510". The London Gazette. 30 December 1902. p. 8971.
- ^ H. Alker Tripp, "Police and Public: A New Test of Police Quality", Police Journal, 1:4, 1928
- ^ "No. 33794". The London Gazette. 29 January 1932. p. 628.
- ^ "Assistant Commissioner of Police", The Times, 23 October 1946
- ^ "Road Rules for Pedestrians", The Times, 7 October 1947
- ^ "No. 34119". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1934. p. 9.
- ^ "No. 36866". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 1944. p. 1.
- ^ One of Tripp's posters
- ISBN 9780192820846.
- ^ Obituary, The Times, 27 February 1951
References
- Obituary, The Times, 13 December 1954