Andrew Meldrum,
CBE
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
,
KPM (22 April 1909 – 10 January 1995) was
HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) is a public body of the Scottish Government and reports to the Scottish Parliament. It has statutory responsibility for the inspection of the effectiveness and efficiency of the po ...
from 1966 to 1969.
Meldrum was educated at Burntisland Higher Grade School and joined the
Stirlingshire Constabulary in 1927. He was appointed
Deputy Chief Constable of
Inverness Burgh Police
The Inverness Burgh Police was the police force responsible for the Royal Burgh of Inverness, Scotland from 1847 until 1968.
History
Although law enforcement of a kind had been present in the Royal Burgh of Inverness since time immemorial, by 1 ...
in 1943 and
Chief Constable in 1946. He was
Chief Constable of the
Angus Constabulary from 1949 to 1955; and then of
Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
from 1955 to 1966.
['MELDRUM, Andrew', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201]
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Scottish police officers
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1909 births
1995 deaths
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Scottish recipients of the Queen's Police Medal
People from Burntisland
British Chief Constables
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