Francis Caldwell

Francis Caldwell CBE MVO KPM (1860[1] – 17 April 1934) was a British police officer who served as Head Constable of Liverpool City Police from 1912 to 1925.

For the businessman and political figure in Upper Canada, see Francis Xavier Caldwell.

Caldwell was born in Croxteth to Francis Brown Caldwell, an accountant from Ayrshire, Scotland and James Caldwell from West Derby. He joined the Liverpool police as a clerk in 1879 and rapidly rose through the ranks to First Assistant Head Constable, succeeding Sir Leonard Dunning as Head Constable (the equivalent of Chief Constable in most other British forces) in January 1912.

Caldwell was appointed Member of the Royal Victorian Order 5th Class (MVO) in 1913 and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1920 civilian war honours.[2] He was awarded the King's Police Medal (KPM) in the 1919 New Year Honours.

He died at the age of 74.

Police appointments
Preceded by
Leonard Dunning		 Head Constable of Liverpool
1912–1925		 Succeeded by
Lionel Everett

Footnotes
  1. 1861 England Census
  2. "No. 31840". The London Gazette (Supplement). 30 March 1920. p. 3762.

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