Edmund Henderson
Sir Edmund Henderson | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis | |
| In office 1869 – 22 February 1886 | |
| Preceded by | Douglas Labalmondière |
| Succeeded by | Charles Warren |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson 19 April 1821 Muddiford, Hampshire, England |
| Died | 8 December 1896 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | soldier, administrator, police commissioner |
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Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edmund Yeamans Walcott Henderson KCB (19 April 1821 – 8 December 1896) was an officer in the British Army who was Comptroller-General of Convicts in Western Australia from 1850 to 1863, Home Office Surveyor-General of Prisons from 1863 to 1869, and Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, head of the London Metropolitan Police, from 1869 to 1886.