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Patrick Colquhoun

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Merchant, statistician, magistrate, river police (1745-1820)

PoliticiansLived 1745 to 1820 · aged 75
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Patrick Colquhoun was a Scottish merchant, statistician, magistrate, and founder of the first regular preventive police force in England, the Thames River Police. He also served as Lord Provost of Glasgow 1782 to 1784.

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