John Hoddinott

Sir John Charles Hoddinott CBE QPM (21 September 1944[1] – 13 August 2001) was a senior British police officer who rose through the ranks to become Chief Constable of Hampshire Constabulary. [2]

He was born in Winchester, Hampshire and educated at Barton Peveril Grammar School in Eastleigh. Both his father and grandfather had served in the Hampshire Constabulary.

Hoddinott however joined the Metropolitan Police as a cadet in 1961, becoming a constable in 1963, a sergeant in 1967 and an Inspector in 1969. In the latter year he attended Trinity College, Cambridge, and was awarded a degree in Law and Economics in 1972. After returning to duty with the Metropolitan Police he was transferred to the Obscene Publications squad as a Chief Inspector and then to the Drug Quad as a Detective Superintendent. In 1981 he was put in charge of the CID at West End Central and promoted to Chief Superintendent.

In June 1981 he transferred to the Surrey Police as Assistant Chief Constable before becoming Deputy Chief Constable of Hampshire Police in 1983. He finally became Chief Constable of Hampshire Police on 1 September 1988. He retired in 1999.

He served as President of Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) in 1994–95 and as a Deputy Lieutenant of Hampshire.

Honours and awards

1988: Queen's Police Medal (QPM) in the 1988 New Year Honours [3]
1994 : Made Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1994 Birthday Honours
1998 : Knighted in the 1998 Birthday Honours for services to the police.[4]

Hoddinott Road in Eastleigh has been named after him.

Private life

He died in 2001 in Middlesbrough whilst working on a new Police Complaints system based on Operation Lancet, an enquiry into corruption in the Cleveland Police. He had married Avril Petheram and had two daughters.

References

England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
"John Charles HODDINOTT". Hampshire Constabulary. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
"No. 51171". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1987. p. 25.
"No. 55155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1998. p. 2.

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[1] England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007

[2] "John Charles HODDINOTT". Hampshire Constabulary. Retrieved 26 June 2018.

[3] "No. 51171". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1987. p. 25.

[4] "No. 55155". The London Gazette (Supplement). 12 June 1998. p. 2.