Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Bowater McInnis (15 March 1847 - 4 April 1927) was the Inspector General of Constabulary in the

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between 1886 and 1890. He was an officer in the

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. McInnis was first commissioned into the British army on 29 April 1874. He became a

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in the army on 30 March 1887. He was appointed honorary lieutenant-colonel on 23 April 1887. He was appointed to the 9th Lancers in

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in 1875. Lt. Colonel McInnis succeeded Captain Bryden as the head of policing in the Gold Coast. He served in this capacity for four years. He was the last British officer to serve in this capacity. Following his appointment, the police force was placed directly under the control of the Governor Sir William Brandford Griffith until the Colonial government started appointing Commissioners of Police in 1893. He was awarded the

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(CMG) in the 1890 New Year Honours list by

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while he was the Inspector General of Constabulary in the then Gold Coast colony. Edward McInnis married Maud Susanna in October 1889. McInnis also served in

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after leaving the Gold Coast, where he was involved in the setting up of a Detective and Alien Office which later developed into the

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of the

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. He died in Kent, England in 1927.

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1847 births 1927 deaths Ghanaian police officers Ghanaian Inspectors General of Police 9th Queen's Royal Lancers officers Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George British colonial police officers {{Ghana-bio-stub

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