Devon County Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Devon, England, until 1966. The force was formed in 1856. It absorbed Tavistock Borough Police in 1856,

Wolborough Borough Police Wolborough is a village and former civil parish in Devon, England. Today it forms a southern suburb of the large town of Newton Abbot Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, E ...

in 1859, Okehampton Borough Police in 1860, Bradninch Borough Police in 1865,

Torquay Borough Police Torquay ( ) is a seaside town in Devon, England, part of the unitary authority area of Torbay. It lies south of the county town of Exeter and east-north-east of Plymouth, on the north of Tor Bay, adjoining the neighbouring town of Paignton ...

in 1870, South Molton Borough Police in 1877, Torrington Borough Police in 1886 (it had already been absorbed in 1870, but was reformed in 1878),

Totnes Borough Police Totnes ( or ) is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England, within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about west of Paignton, about west-southwest of Torquay and abou ...

in 1884, Bideford Borough Police in 1889,

Barnstaple Borough Police Barnstaple ( or ) is a river-port town in North Devon, England, at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel. From the 14th century, it was licensed to export wool and won great wealth. Later it imported Irish wool, bu ...

in 1921, and

Tiverton Borough Police Tiverton most often refers to: *Tiverton, Devon, a town in England __NOTOC__ Tiverton may also refer to: Canada *Tiverton, Ontario, a village *Tiverton, Nova Scotia, a village known for its "Balancing Rock" United Kingdom *Tiverton, Cheshire, a vi ...

in 1942. In 1965, it had an establishment of 1,017 officers and an actual strength of 866.''The Thin Blue Line'', Police Council for Great Britain Staff Side Claim for Undermanning Supplements, 1965 In 1966 it amalgamated with Exeter City Police to form Devon and Exeter Police. On 1 April 1967 this force amalgamated with

Cornwall County Constabulary Cornwall County Constabulary was the Home Office police force for the county of Cornwall, England, until 1967. The force was formed in 1857. It absorbed Bodmin Borough Police in 1866, Liskeard Borough Police in 1877, Launceston Borough Police in ...

and

Plymouth City Police Plymouth City Police was the city force for Plymouth, Devon, from 1928 to 1967. The force’s title was conferred upon it when the borough of Plymouth achieved city status in 1928.The Police Service in Plymouth, Brian Moseley Formation At the t ...

to form

Devon and Cornwall Constabulary Devon and Cornwall Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the ceremonial counties of Devon and Cornwall (including the Isles of Scilly) in England. The force serves approximately 1.8 million people over an area of . Hi ...

Chief Constables

* 1856–1891 : Gerald de Courcey Hamilton * 1891–1907 : Francis Randolph Cyril Coleridge * 1907–1931 :

Herbert Reginald Vyvyan Herbert Reginald Vyvyan (1867–1949) was a British soldier, police officer and Chief Constable. Early life Vyvyan was born in 1862 in Hastings, Sussex, to Reverend Herbert Francis Vyvyan and Augusta Clara de Schmiedern and spent his childhoo ...

* 1931–1946 :

Lyndon Henry Morris Lyndon Henry Morris CBE, MC, DL, (1889–1946) was a British chief constable and veteran of the First World War. Early life Morris was born in Bakewell, Derbyshire, in 1889. He was the son of Reverend Ernest Edwin Morris, the vicar of Ashbou ...

* 1947–1961 : Ranulph Bacon * 1961–1967 : Col R.B.Greenwood *''1967 - amalgamated with

, and Plymouth City having merged with Exeter City the previous year, to form

Footnotes

References

Devon and Cornwall Constabulary family tree

Devon Constabulary whistle documents pict. and history
Defunct police forces of England History of Devon 1856 establishments in England 1966 disestablishments in England {{UK-law-enforcement-agency-stub