Sir Richard Mayne

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Sir Richard Mayne was a 19th-century British lawyer and civil servant who became one of the founding leaders of London’s Metropolitan Police, helping to shape modern policing in the United Kingdom.

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instanceOf British lawyer
Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
civil servant
human
police officer
appointedBy Sir Robert Peel
linked to: Robert Peel
awardReceived Companion of the Order of the Bath
Knight Bachelor
birthDate 1796-11-27
birthPlace Dublin
Kingdom of Ireland
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery
coFounderOf Metropolitan Police Service
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
deathDate 1868-12-26
describedAs key figure in the establishment of modern policing in Britain
one of the founding leaders of London’s Metropolitan Police
educatedAt Lincoln's Inn
Trinity College Dublin
employer Home Office
Metropolitan Police Service
endTime 1868-12-26
date of service as Commissioner of Metropolitan Police
familyName Mayne
father Edward Mayne
fieldOfWork law
policing
genre police administration
givenName Richard
honorificPrefix Sir
memberOf Lincoln's Inn
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
linked to: Privy Council
mother Anne Mayne
name Richard Mayne
notableFor being one of the first Commissioners of the Metropolitan Police
helping to shape modern policing principles in the United Kingdom
notableWork development of modern policing in London
occupation barrister
civil servant
police commissioner
positionHeld Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Joint Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police
precededBy position created
residence London
linked to: London, England
startTime 1829-09-29
date of appointment as Joint Commissioner of Metropolitan Police
succeededBy Sir Edmund Henderson
workLocation London
linked to: London, England

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