Sir John William Nott-Bower,
KCVO (20 March 1849 – 4 February 1939) was a British officer and Commissioner of the
City of London Police
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.
Biography
Bower was born in
York
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,
[''1911 England Census''] the son of Dr. John Bower, and grandson of
Sir William Nott. The barrister
Sir Edmund Ernest Nott-Bower, was a brother. He was educated at
Cheltenham
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and
Sandhurst, and served in the army in the
King's Regiment
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. He was later appointed a
captain
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of the 5th (Militia) Battalion,
West Yorkshire Regiment
)
, march = ''Ça Ira''
, battles = Namur FontenoyFalkirk Culloden Brandywine
, anniversaries = Imphal (22 June)
The West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own) (14th Foot) was ...
.
Bower was transferred to the
Royal Irish Constabulary
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, then served as
Chief constable of
Leeds
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, before he was appointed
Head constable of
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...
in October 1881. The police force in Liverpool was the largest in the country, and gave a thorough knowledge of police administration on an extensive scale.
In March 1902 he was elected
Commissioner of Police of the City of London
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,
serving as such until 1925.
He was
knighted
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in 1911, was appointed a Commander of the
Royal Victorian Order
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(CVO) the same year, and was later promoted to a Knight Commander (KCVO) in the order.
Family
Bower married, on 1 June 1889, Florence Harrison, daughter of Reginald Harrison,
FRCS
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. Their son was
Sir John Nott-Bower (1892–1972), who later headed the
London Metropolitan Police
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), formerly and still commonly known as the Metropolitan Police (and informally as the Met Police, the Met, Scotland Yard, or the Yard), is the territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and ...
.
References
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1849 births
1939 deaths
Commissioners of the City of London Police
Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order
Knights Bachelor
Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst