James Beattie, second Chief Constable

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230915

Reference identifier

hac24042010011

Title

James Beattie, second Chief Constable

Place

Accrington

General notes

Mr Beattie was born in January 1853 and was brought up at his parents' farm in Aberdeenshire until the age of 19 when he obtained employment on the North British Railway.
In 1875 he found his vocation and joined the police force and upon joining the Lancashire Force he was stationed at Burnley which then also included Accrington. In 1883 (just 8 years after initially joining) he was appointed Chief Constable upon the death of Mr Walker and served in this post until he resigned in October 1903.
He died on the 27th March 1908.

Medium

Photographic print

Colour

Monochrome

Original image size

10.7 x 16.4

Locator

Accrington: H01/R32 accession 1875

Subjects

Place Names > Accrington

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