Cyril Longden

Cyril Chapman Longden
KPM
6th Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka)
Preceded byAlbert Walter De Wilton
Succeeded byIvor Edward David
Personal details
Born
Cyril Chapman Longden

1 November 1873
Saint Kitts, West Indies
Died22 February 1913
Parent(s)Sir James Robert Longden, Alice Emily née Berridge
ProfessionColonial administrator

Cyril Chapman Longden, KPM, (1873–1913) was the sixth British colonial Inspector-General of Police in Ceylon (Sri Lanka).

Longden was born on 1 November 1873, the fourth child and second son of Sir James Robert Longden (1827–1891) and Alice Emily née Berridge (1846–1910). Sir James Longden was the Governor of Trinidad between 1870 and 1874, the Governor of British Guiana between 1874 and 1876, and the Governor of Ceylon until 1883.

Longden was the District Superintendent of Police, Madras Police.[1]

In 1905 the position of Inspector-General of Police and Prisons in Ceylon, was separated into two posts with the incumbent Major Albert Walter De Wilton continuing in the Prisons role and Longden, on loan from India, appointed as Inspector General of Police of Ceylon.[2] Longden was instrumental in establishing a Police Training School for new recruits and a Criminal Investigation Department.

In 1910 Ivor Edward David was appointed as Inspector General of Police and Longden returned to his position in Madras.

In 1911 he was awarded the King's Police Medal,[3] whilst he was the District Superintendent of Police, Indian Police, Madras.

He died unmarried on 22 February 1913 in South Kensington, London, leaving effects of nearly 5,000 pounds (worth about 437,000 pounds in 2015).[4]

  1. ^ The India List and India Office List. London: Harrison & Sons. 1905. p. 85.
  2. ^ Wright, Arnold (1907). Twentieth Century Impressions of Ceylon: Its History, People, Commerce, Industries, and Resources. Asian Educational Services. p. 134. ISBN 9788120613355.
  3. ^ "Supplement to the London Gazette" (PDF). London Gazette. 12 December 1911. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  4. ^ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England, 28 Mar 1913.