Sir Thomas Eric St Johnston
Born(1911-01-07)7 January 1911
Died17 March 1986(1986-03-17) (aged 75)
EducationCorpus Christi College, Cambridge
OccupationPolice officer

Sir Thomas Eric St Johnston,[1] CBE, KStJ, QPM, TD (7 January 1911 – 17 March 1986) was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1967 until 1970.[2]

St Johnson was educated at Bromsgrove School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was a friend of the writer Nigel Balchin.[3] He joined the civilian staff of Scotland Yard; and was admitted a barrister at the Middle Temple in 1934. In 1940 he became Chief Constable of Oxfordshire, in 1944 of the Durham Police and in 1950 of the Lancashire Force. A former Colonel in the Royal Artillery TA, during World War II he was employed at the War Office. He was Director of Administration for Spencer Stuart & Associates from 1971 until 1975. In 1978 he published his autobiography One Policeman’s Story [4]

Honours



Ribbon Description Notes
Order of the British Empire (CBE)
  • Commander
  • Civil Division
Order of St John (K.StJ)
  • Knight of Justice
Knight Bachelor (Kt)
Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
1939–1945 Star
France and Germany Star
Defence Medal
War Medal
Territorial Decoration (TD)
Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Croix de Guerre

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References

  1. ^ "Attention!". digital.slv.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Previous Chief Inspectors". HMICFRS.
  3. ^ His Own Executioner, Derek Collett
  4. ^ ‘ST JOHNSTON, Sir (Thomas) Eric’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014
  5. ^ https://imsvintagephotos.com/sir-thomas-eric-st-johnston-1046088[dead link]
Police appointments Preceded byEdward Dodd HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland 1967–1970 Succeeded byJohn McKay Preceded byArchibald Frederick Hordern Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary 1950–1967 Succeeded by? Preceded byH Studdy Chief Constable of Durham Constabulary 1944-1950 Succeeded byAlec A Muir Preceded byErnest Kennaway Arbuthnot Chief Constable of Oxfordshire Constabulary 1940-1944 Succeeded by?


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