Arthur Kershaw

Arthur Edwin Kershaw (July 1852 - August 21, 1934 in Kent , England ) was a British Colonel and Colonial Police Chief .

Life

Kershaw was appointed Private Secretary and Aide-de-camp (ADC) to the Governor of British Honduras Roger Tuckfield Goldsworthy in 1884 and in 1886 as the Inspector of Constabulary and District Magistrate in British Honduras. From 1887 to 1892 he was police chief of the British Honduras Constabulary (BHC; now Belize Police Department ) and ex-officio of the Executive and Legislative Council . From 1892 he was Chief Commandant of the military police and prison inspector in the British colony of Cyprus . From 1904 to 1917 he was Inspector General of the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF). From 1916 to 1917 he was also a member of the Legislative Council in Jamaica. After retiring, he returned to England, but returned to Mandeville for some time . Most recently he lived in a nursing home in Kent, where he died at the age of 82.

Individual evidence

^ Death of Col. A. Kershaw at Kent, England , Kingston Gleaner , September 8, 1934, p. 26.

personal data
SURNAME	Kershaw, Arthur
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Kershaw, Arthur Edwin (full name); Kershaw, Arthur E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	British Colonel and Colonial Police Chief
DATE OF BIRTH	July 1852
DATE OF DEATH	August 21, 1934
Place of death	Kent , England

[1] Death of Col. A. Kershaw at Kent, England , Kingston Gleaner , September 8, 1934, p. 26.