Henry Dalton (police officer)
Sir Henry Dalton CBE | |
|---|---|
| Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis "B" | |
| In office 1947–1956 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 27 February 1891 Watton, East Riding of Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 10 November 1966 (aged 75) Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Police officer |
Sir Henry Dalton CBE (27 February 1891 – 10 November 1966) was a senior officer in the London Metropolitan Police. He served as Assistant Commissioner "B", in charge of traffic policing, from 1947 to 1956.
Biography
Dalton was born in
Vine Street).[2]
On 13 February 1938 he became
Deputy Assistant Commissioner and put in charge of a district.[5]
He later became Deputy Assistant Commissioner in charge of No.3 District (East London), but in March 1946 was regraded as a
Queen Elizabeth II in 1953. Interested in road safety, he was involved in implementing cat's eyes and was vice-chairman of the London Council of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents.[4]
Dalton was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1942, and was knighted in the 1956 New Year Honours,[10] shortly before his retirement. He died in Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex in 1966.[11]
Dalton and his wife Susan (who were married in 1915) had a son, Donald, and a daughter, Dorothy.[4]
Footnotes
- ^ "Thames Police Change", The Times, 6 December 1933
- ^ "Metropolitan Police Appointments", The Times, 10 August 1936.
- ^ "Metropolitan Police Changes", The Times, 4 February 1938
- ^ a b c Obituary, The Times, 12 November 1966.
- ^ "Scotland Yard Changes", The Times, 20 February 1940.
- ^ "New Ranks for Police Officers", The Times, 18 March 1946
- ^ "Recruiting for Police in Oversea Services", The Times, 1 April 1946
- ^ "No. 37752". The London Gazette. 8 October 1946. p. 4995.
- ^ "No. 34365". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 January 1937. p. 696.
- ^ "No. 40669". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 January 1937. p. 1.
- ^ Obituary, Bexhill-on-Sea Observer, 19 November 1966.
References
- Obituary, The Times, 12 November 1966