Colonel Sir Arthur Percy Sherwood, KCMG MVO ADC (March 18, 1854 – October 15, 1940) was the Commissioner of Police of the Dominion Police in Canada.
Percy Sherwood was born in Ottawa and educated at the Ottawa Grammar School.
Sherwood was instrumental in the development of intelligence and security in Canada in the late 19th century through the early 20th century. He was appointed Deputy Sheriff of Carleton County, June, 1877; Chief of Police of the City of Ottawa, April 05, 1879: Superintendent of Dominion Police, October, 1882 ; and Commissioner of same, November, 1885. Chief Commissioner of Dominion Police (1885-1919).
Sherwood served in the militia of Canada with the Governor General's Foot Guards and eventually commanding the 43rd Duke of Cornwall's Own Rifles.
References
- Who's who in Canada, Volumes 6-7. International Press Limited. 1914. p. 526.
- Lisgar Alumni Association. A History of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute, 1843-1903. 1904.
- Ross, David (1988). The Royal Canadian Mounted Police 1873-1987. Osprey Publishing. pp. 48. ISBN 0-85045-834-X.
- Chambers, Ernest J. (1903). A regimental history of the Forty-third Regiment, active militia of Canada. Canada: E.L. Ruddy. p. 82.
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