Eric St Johnston

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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[]


Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.svg Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg Knight Bachelor Ribbon.png
Queens Police Medal for Merit.png Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.png Ribbon - France and Germany Star.png Ribbon - Defence Medal.png
Ribbon - War Medal.png Ribbon - Efficiency Decoration (South Africa).png Police Long Service and Good Conduct ribbon.png Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm (France) - ribbon bar.png

Ribbon Description Notes
Order of the British Empire (Civil) Ribbon.svg Order of the British Empire (CBE)
  • Commander
  • Civil Division
Order of St John (UK) ribbon -vector.svg Order of St John (K.StJ)
  • Knight of Justice
Knight Bachelor Ribbon.png Knight Bachelor (Kt)
Queens Police Medal for Merit.png Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
Ribbon - 1939-45 Star.png 1939–1945 Star
Ribbon - France and Germany Star.png France and Germany Star
Ribbon - Defence Medal.png Defence Medal
Ribbon - War Medal.png War Medal
Ribbon - Efficiency Decoration (South Africa).png Territorial Decoration (TD)
Police Long Service and Good Conduct ribbon.png Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Croix de guerre 1939-1945 with palm (France) - ribbon bar.png Croix de Guerre

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References[]

  1. ^ State Library, Victoria, Australia
  2. ^ HMIC Profile
  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[bare URL]
Police appointments
Preceded by
Edward Dodd 		HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland
1967–1970 		Succeeded by
John McKay
Preceded by
Archibald Frederick Hordern 		Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary
1950–1967 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
H Studdy 		Chief Constable of Durham Constabulary
1944-1950 		Succeeded by
Alec A Muir
Preceded by
Ernest Kennaway Arbuthnot 		Chief Constable of Oxfordshire Constabulary
1940-1944 		Succeeded by
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