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British police inspector and colonel (1911–86)

SirEric St Johnston
St Johnston in 1950
Born	(1911-01-07)7 January 1911
Died	17 March 1986(1986-03-17) (aged 75)
Education	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Occupation	Police officer
Spouse	Joan Wharton (m. 1937; died 1974)

Sir Thomas Eric St Johnston, CBE, KStJ, QPM, TD (7 January 1911 – 17 March 1986) was Chief Inspector of Constabulary from 1967 until 1970.

St Johnson was educated at Bromsgrove School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he was a friend of the writer Nigel Balchin. He joined the civilian staff of Scotland Yard; and was admitted a barrister at the Middle Temple in 1934. In 1940 he became Chief Constable of Oxfordshire, in 1944 of the Durham Police and in 1950 of the Lancashire Force. A former Colonel in the Royal Artillery TA, during World War II he was employed at the War Office. He was Director of Administration for Spencer Stuart & Associates from 1971 until 1975. In 1978 he published his autobiography One Policeman’s Story

Honours

Ribbon	Description	Notes
	Order of the British Empire (CBE)	Commander Civil Division
	Order of St John (K.StJ)	Knight of Justice
	Knight Bachelor (Kt)
	Queen's Police Medal (QPM)
	1939–1945 Star
	France and Germany Star
	Defence Medal
	War Medal
	Territorial Decoration (TD)
	Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
	Croix de Guerre	Awarded by France World War II Version With Palm

"Attention!". digital.slv.vic.gov.au. Archived from the original on 25 October 2021. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
"Previous Chief Inspectors". HMICFRS.
His Own Executioner, Derek Collett
‘ST JOHNSTON, Sir (Thomas) Eric’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014
https://imsvintagephotos.com/sir-thomas-eric-st-johnston-1046088

Police appointments
Preceded byEdward Dodd	HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England, Wales and Northern Ireland 1967–1970	Succeeded byJohn McKay
Preceded byArchibald Frederick Hordern	Chief Constable of Lancashire Constabulary 1950–1967	Succeeded by?
Preceded byH Studdy	Chief Constable of Durham Constabulary 1944-1950	Succeeded byAlec A Muir
Preceded byErnest Kennaway Arbuthnot	Chief Constable of Oxfordshire Constabulary 1940-1944	Succeeded by?

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