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Vincent, (Charles Edward) Howard, 1849-1908
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1849-1908
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VINCENT, SIR (CHARLES EDWARD) HOWARD, brother of Arthur Frederick Vincent (qv); b. 31 May 1849; adm. 26 May 1864 (G); left Aug 1865; RMC Sandhurst Nov 1866; Ensign, 23rd Foot 22 Jul 1868; Lieut., 28 Oct 1871; ret. Aug 1873; Special Correspondent, Daily Telegraph, at Berlin in 1871 and during Russian-Turkish War 1876; adm. Inner Temple 3 May 1873, called to bar 26 Jan 1876; South-Eastern Circuit; Director of Criminal Investigations, Metropolitan Police 1878-84; Col. -Commandant, Queenís Westminster Volunteers 1884-1904, later Hon. Col., VD; MP (Conservative) Sheffield Central from 1885; member, Metropolitan Board of Works 1888-9, London County Council 1889-96; one of the British delegates to Anti-Anarchist Conference, Rome 1898; ADC to Edward VII from 1901; CB 23 Jan 1886; knighted 17 Jan 1896; KCMG 3 Jun 1899; DL JP Co. London, JP Middlesex, Berkshire; a consistent advocate of imperial protection, founding in 1891 the United Empire Trade League, of which he was Hon. Secretary; Chairman, National Union of Conservative Associations 1895; the Acts of Parliament dealing with the probation of first offenders, 1887, and for the appointment of a public trustee, 1906, were mainly due to his persistence; author, A Police Code and Manual of Criminal Law, 1882, and other works; m. 26 Oct 1882 Ethel Gwendoline, second dau. of George Moffatt MP, Goodrich Court, Herefordshire; d. at Menton, France 7 Apr 1908. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.